morphsci

Well that is all well and good but unfortunately it does not answer your potential customers questions. Why should I pay 4 to 10 times as much for this device? Is it better than the cheaper products? Since I cannot do a reasonable in home test (Unless I want to pay $260 for the privilege) then at least some information could be made available. Who cares if other manufacturers don't believe your measurements. The measurements provide refutable eveidence while assertions are just that. Oh, and I refuse to take the comments of anyone who uses "scooter" in their nomiker seriously. When we used to call someone scooter, it was not a term of endearment.

Hmm... personally I like to know as much about my competition as possible. It does not provide a frame of reference for how much better it is, or not, than other converters. But if you prefer I ignore the man behind the curtain I certainly have no problem with that.

Heh.

So after subjecting myself to the entirety of the "discussion" at head-fi I would like to know if you have the results of the above tests with other 24/96 converters? From my perspective your measurements are interesting but with no frame of reference relative to other converters they really don't mean much. Edit: Beefy you are too quick my man.

Wish that I could.

Am I the only one here wondering how much of the $1299 price is cutting edge audio technology and how much is cutting edge industrial design?

Have a Happy and Tubey Birthday.

He is not the first that made that comment so I was just verbalizing what I think every time I read or hear that. They are making an extrapolation from a fact. It is certainly a fact that decoding a FLAC increases processor overhead. (Fact) Therefore, decoded FLAC will sound worse than Raw WAV (extrapolation). They also assume that there is no cost to using a bigger file, but that will be dependent on where it is stored as well as Bus speed. No free lunches, just lunches that are assumed free. I do not assume that would produce any audible problem unless the file was absolutely huge and the bus speed was ludicrously slow.

I have a hard time believing that FLAC decoding causes significant processor overhead on a dedicated music server unless you are using this as your server.

not anymore.

Sometimes I'm a hot coed in my dreams, but that usually only occurs after someone tells me to go fuck myself.

Happy Birthday to you good sir.

The audioengine 5 definitely has a built-in ipod dock. I believe the audioengine 2 also has one but I am too lazy to check. I use the 5's in my office and every time I think I need to upgrade to better speakers I simply put on something I really like and the upgrade necessity disappears. Wish it would work for things other than speakers.

premature expectation?

Unlike users on head-fi, not all vaccinations are created equal.

Happy Yester-Penger-Day.

I agree. I reversed back to an electrical tape mod from a thicker gasket mod. That's where I am at now and I think I'll be staying there for a while.

Check the online store, their shipping is crazy fast and they may have one configured, you never know. I'm actually using the prev. gen Mac Mini with 2g of RAM at work and I have had no latency issues. But it is totally dedicated as a music server and I have not tried Amarra on it.

Well my McCormack MID arrived today but turned out to be am MHD (no speaker terminals). I asked specifically but I should have been tipped off with no image of the rear of the unit. You can't tell from the front as many MHD were used the same faceplate as the MID and were marked as MIDs in the front. But the sticker with the SN on the bottom clearly says MHD and there are no frickin speaker posts. Nasty email already sent to the dingledorf seller.

Nice amp and should match nicely with your speakers. Now what headphone amp/preamp could you be talking about??

Even better. Did you get it from Manco? He's a very nice guy in my limited experience with him.

I think you will like it

Ah, very good. I will soon be joining the collective.

The dark side can be resisted..