Dusty Chalk Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 They're not exactly the same -- with lossless compression, it still needs to be decoded, so depending on your computer's capabilities, and what else you're doing, there could be slight differences...but since most people can't even hear jitter, and this being another order of magnitude less audible...the statement still smells of manure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atothex Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Is it theoretically possible that the dude's computer is sooooo shitty that it struggles to decode compressed files in a timely manner? I can't imagine these cats being very computer savvy. I mean, they all love the Sooloos, which to me screams retard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Theoretically possible, yes; likely, not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 My HP mini note stumbles with iTunes, but it manifests itself as complete pauses/breaks in the music. Same with foobar + flac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBLoudG20 Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 My HP mini note stumbles with iTunes, but it manifests itself as complete pauses/breaks in the music. Same with foobar + flac. You you have the 2133 series, or the 1000 series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Is that using windows or leopard, sammich? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 HP 2133, with vista 32bit business, iirc. its current use is tv-viewing/internet-surfing-while-at-the-parents-house-on-weekend-visits, so it never really ended up being an audio-based tool, as I originally planned. The mac mini is much more desirable at work. (the 2133 had at one point been my work-audio computer, along with a pico) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 I recall an article about an author claiming that computers using AMD processors for music servers sounded better than ones using Intel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted May 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Computer audio may be relatively new territory, but it's certainly already proving fertile ground for the sprouting of the familiar old shoots of audiophile lunacy. I was just reading a thread over on Audio Asylum where some guy was proudly reviewing his new semi-custom $1,000+ USB cable which purports to spin silk into gold by omitting both the VBUS and ground lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pars Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Oh gawd... Audio Asylum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted May 20, 2009 Report Share Posted May 20, 2009 Computer audio may be relatively new territory, but it's certainly already proving fertile ground for the sprouting of the familiar old shoots of audiophile lunacy. I was just reading a thread over on Audio Asylum where some guy was proudly reviewing his new semi-custom $1,000+ USB cable which purports to spin silk into gold by omitting both the VBUS and ground lines. I'm reminded of ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted July 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 (edited) Found these knocking around the Web. First I've seen of the insides as I've not opened mine. Edited July 3, 2009 by Hopstretch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feckn_eejit Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 Sweet! Thanks for posting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penger Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 What are the little brown wires kinda floating around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloaudio Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 What are the little brown wires kinda floating around? They look like PCB "fixes" to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looser101 Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 Hope that is a pre-production board. Otherwise that would be shameful from such a respected company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted July 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 Hope that is a pre-production board. Otherwise that would be shameful from such a respected company. No idea. The pictures were in an Audio Asylum thread. Guess now I have a reason to open mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 I bet those are "Mods". The op-amps and some capacitors for the DAC I/V stage have been removed. Likely replaced with a passive resistor I/V. You can see some of the holes for the capacitors still have solder in them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looser101 Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 I bet those are "Mods". The op-amps and some capacitors for the DAC I/V stage have been removed. Likely replaced with a passive resistor I/V. You can see some of the holes for the capacitors still have solder in them That would explain it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted July 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Must have been a (very) early prototype. The real McCoy doesn't look anything like that inside. Phew. Crappy pictures to follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hopstretch Posted July 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feckn_eejit Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Shit........... where IS that drool smiley!!?!? thanks for ripping apart your dac for me to have stroke material... V.interesting that the USB receiving circuitry is on its own board... mayhaps something with more inputs coming or possible to hack on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted July 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 (edited) Shit........... where IS that drool smiley!!?!? thanks for ripping apart your dac for me to have stroke material... V.interesting that the USB receiving circuitry is on its own board... mayhaps something with more inputs coming or possible to hack on... I kinda had to know if it had random bits of point-to-point wiring inside. Ayre is in Colorado, thought maybe Charles Hansen went Mikhail! Edited July 4, 2009 by Hopstretch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Weird that they used solder mask on one and not on the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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