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    Happy Birthday Bruce!

    ...Happy Birthday, Master Bruce. (Alfred said).
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    Audio Soundcards

    I couldn´t read that review although... I already know which is the "one". Bruce, do you know what DAC they used for the test ? Thanks !
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    Audio Soundcards

    Thank you both, gentlemen. I'll keep my BMC-2 until I can see such technical data as my next purchase should be a DAC for a long time. The truth is that I am quite satisfied with the extra info I can easily hear now in all my music files.
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    Audio Soundcards

    Thank, NwAvGuy. ...funny: I was the original importer for HRT (as well as other excellent brands) a couple years ago: http://www.azimutaudio.com/sonido/sonido-pc/dac-usb-rca.html. Based on their present stock, it seems that I did the right selection: only 1 pc remains at the warehouse...
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    Audio Soundcards

    Exactly: the RME has Toslink and RCA dig. outputs. Also XLR... but needs a special breakout (extra cables) and I had to order them to Germany. In the meantime a used Lynx AES16 appeared in sight. The clocking is till something to test.. No, my still present DAC only has SPIDF Coax &...
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    Audio Soundcards

    Let me share with you my last experiment for listening ripped CDs and Hi-Res (downloaded) files. PC with W7 (64 bits). SSD for the OS. WD HardDisk for music files. Foobar with Wasapi RME HDSP 9632 connected 2 ways (RCA & Toslink) to TC Electronics BMC-2 as DAC+volume control. XLR...
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    The Art of Listenng - Comparing DACs

    Thank you very much Bruce. Now I have to evaluate all the possibilities with the 2 last pieces of that simple puzzle: the monitor controller + active speakers. It's incredible how, even with such small system, there is a big number of possibilities just mixing just 2 of those products...
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    The Art of Listenng - Comparing DACs

    Bruce, Do you think that a PC with Lynx AES32 (or RME 9632) soundcard + Cranesong Avocet + "X" brand-name active monitors (or loudspeakers), let's say a kind of Adam, Dynaudio, Focal Be, Opal, etc. ...can be a kind of minimalist definitive system to get (almost) the most of the...
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    Audio Soundcards

    I know that this matter may deserve a specific thread but, regarding your comments about external clocks and together with the link that Vincent kindly sent us (a technical review about external clocks effects and their no possitive effect - adding more jitter, in fact- , published on "Sound on...
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    Asus Xonar Essence STX

    I have the STX PCIe, version. Maybe if a used-STX appears I will get it ('though not sure if they will be sold easily :-). No problems with Asus drivers in my system: W7 64 bits (Pro version) + Corsair 850 Watt (what a casuality mojave !. I am very satisfied... its quality/price ratio is hard to...
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    Music Server Project

    Thanks, Gary, no problem: I got the point :-).
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    Music Server Project

    ...ops, I see... thanks, Vincent. I'll plug it and listen to again. :-)
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    Good DAC in the $500 to $1,000 range

    I think Amir wants the unit with with THE volume knob :-)
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    Good DAC in the $500 to $1,000 range

    Amir, ...do you mean something like the RME model that Old Listener mentioned ? http://www.rme-audio.de/en_products_babyface.php ...or something much more stereo audiophile specific features ?
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    Good DAC in the $500 to $1,000 range

    Vincent knows... http://thewelltemperedcomputer.com/HW/USB_DAC_Async.htm
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    Music Server Project

    I have been reading about your server project. Basically I started something very similar some months ago but based on a laptop with W7 as "the player" with Foobar2000, and another PC as the server(OS installed in a SSD) containing the music files in a Western Digital GreenCAviar HDisk (both...
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    Audio Soundcards

    It's clear that talking about external clocks is a new fashion & passion http://www.gearslutz.com/board/high-end/443209-antelope-audio-10m-atomic-clock-getting-sold-off-owners-3.html The power of our mind is unbelievable, ...or should I say the power of our mind turns us into believers ? I...
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    Audio Soundcards

    ...Loud and clear, as always, Bruce :-) Thanks for such amount of concentrated info-post !
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    Audio Soundcards

    Thanks, Bill ! Your long reply is a good sum-up answer to most of my doubts. The thing is that PROfessional products are new for me and, since the PRO sales people seem not to understand what an audiophile needs, and PRO forums are errr, too-PRO, most of their gear has its functions are a...
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    Audio Soundcards

    Hi Bill, Well, yes, I hope to be clear :-)... at least I try... Most of my previous suggestions were intended for Frantz and his own requirements (while Bruce could answer us -both-). I have also both kind of products: a) PCIe cards with DAC included (M-Audio Delta 1010LT & Asus Xonar...
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    Audio Soundcards

    This could be an interesting RME DAC ...and just for stereo: http://www.rme-audio.de/en_products_adi_2.php ...'though I can´t see how to implement the Clock I/O to it, it looks as it had a good jitter reduction...
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    Audio Soundcards

    Hi Frantz, Ok, I see that what you want... is also what I want :-). Unfortunately most of professional DACs (not all) have the ability of being AD/DA and, most of them have been designed to "deal" with many channels. I agree with you that it is a pity (i.e. waste-of-money) to get a 14 or even...
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    Audio Soundcards

    Hi Frantz, Not sure about what you have on your mind... 'though I guess :-) Based on the 2 different kind of sound-cards: a) if the sound card already has the DAC... I can´t see the reason to add an external DAC, so I guess you are refering to the b) "The card streams the digital signal...
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    Audio Soundcards

    I recently got a (used) M-Audio Delta 1010LT for around 100 $ but I haven´t had free time to install and evaluate it carefully.
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    Audio Soundcards

    Frantz, I can suggest you the Asus Xonar Essence ST (around 160€) or this other one http://www.esi-audio.com/products/prodigy71hifi/
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    Audio Soundcards

    Thank you (both), Vincent & Bruce. I use to read SoundOnSound lately but I didn´t know they had already tested this subject. It's a pleasure to get not commercialy biased info. This forum may become into something serious !
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    Audio Soundcards

    Only in a few occasions I have "listened" to such honest comments and opinions expressed so sincerely. ...the Rubidium clock was going to be my next question :-)))). This is great as, this way, I can focus my attention on other aspects. The concept of an external clock was against other ideas...
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    Audio Soundcards

    Thanks. Well,...you are always one step ahead :-) I was expecting a DB-15 or DB-25/26 but I can see... is that an i2s connector (left side) ? Regarding that external clock... I thought that if the clock was installed pretty close to the DACs, jitter would be minimized... In the case of an...
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    Audio Soundcards

    Excellent, Bruce (as always) ! Just to make it a little bit more complex :-): in I've noticed the word-in & out connectors (I mean, in the DB25/26 breakout cable). Could you, please, confirm what's its purpose ? To be connected to a more accurate (external) clock unit ?
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    The 12 Most Significant Loudspeakers of All Time

    Wow... what can I say ? "Oh my God—it's full of stars!"

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