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Somewhere in some BATcave someone is fuming, fulminating shall we say.
"Damn and blast we must stop this Ng!"
And worrying about have they can fluff out their numbers. God has blessed them on their journey to wealth (they lie to themselves) But why didnt he make more rich people with property, than that other kind. But one must'n curse God, sorry Money and God. Their hands are tied.
Quick lie them on the road......roadkill. -
the metallic local twang glossed with the plum that always came out for the cameras.
Methinks the plum was from being well educated middle class kids. Thank the education system I say.
Except for Dicky Driver, hahahaha, he had Neil Roberts fooled. How to exploit being born in the UK to great affect, yeah good one Dick.
Derek King, well I never, had a great flat in Upper Queen St.
And Sheerlux ....fantastic poseurs! And I think Unca Neil had a thing for the guitarist.I watched and thought mmm hypocrisy it spans all generations doesnt it.
Is that the human condition now. Discovering the lies we told when we were young. -
Hard News: Steve, 1999, in reply to Russell Brown,
Ouchies.
Well exactly, which is why I prefer second hand gear. Just gotta know which has stood the test of time.
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Hard News: Steve, 1999, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
Are you just after improvements to audio quality?
My home stereo is just dandy thanks for asking. Would eat 99% of home theatre sound systems.
I knew there were ipod dockable DAC's -
Hard News: Steve, 1999, in reply to Jim Cathcart,
“Why isn’t there an entry-level DAC that’s iPod-ready – i.e., an iPod dock with a third-party DAC? That would be good
Onkyo had been working on this in Japan, but they have still yet to progress from the digital media transport.
Snap Still need an external dac hmmm This is from 2009 I hope they havent been sitting on their hands since then. Or is the site on delay. HDMI wired Dac’s only come looking to be hidden away
Best information I found was:
More and more PC motherboards are equipped with HDMI outputs, such as the AMG780G based motherboard I have. You’ll find a number of graphics cards with HDMI outputs too. The focus until recently has been video related but now we’re seeing graphics cards processing (or passing) audio via their HDMI socket .
DAC’s with HDMI inputs; they do of course exist in the form of home cinema receivers.
I’m pretty sure it’s a dead cert that these cards will happily stream two channel audio to your receiver. What I can’t answer is whether or not you’re getting bit perfect audio or whether Vista will be playing with your sound. I don’t imagine any hifi DAC would ever be equipped with an HDMI socket as USB, SPDIF optical/coax and firewire connections all provide enough bandwidth to cope with two channel audio.You can of course take the HDMI connection to a home cinema receiver to benefit from the dolby/DTS HD formats whilst also playing your two channel music through the same amp – it is, after all, just an external amp with a DAC.
Thing is though, are cinema amps the best way to playback two channel audio ? probably not. But if you’re trying to achieve an all in one package then that would be the way to go I think and some are of course very musical according to the reviews. Arcam receivers are very musical, so I have read
How it goes with Apple I have no idea. The Apple TV has an optical out, I wonder if two channel would sound any different out of that via a dac vs HDMI ….
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Hard News: Steve, 1999, in reply to Steve Barnes,
True but there is also a lot of bollocks talked about speaker position, sound image for instance.
But its SPL for me and I can get technical, hows yer tolerance
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Hard News: Steve, 1999, in reply to Steve Barnes,
Unfortunately Im a snob. “Stereo” never got 5.1 reached a peak in consumer minds a while ago now. You want a time line…later dude. Your speakers and their placement plays more of a roll than most people give it credit. u want good sound you are a slave to it. Dancette I love the look the sound yeah you know.
buts its about the music -
Hard News: Steve, 1999, in reply to Steve Barnes,
Sir are you suggesting I listen to music stoned!
Oh Ok then.
Exeter swede anyone……..? -
Hard News: Steve, 1999, in reply to Russell Brown,
my HDMI Apple TV seems to pass on a good signal
I love dem radio waves… but me, I no need it. Small space ‘n all. We’re talking radio and stuff right. HDMI differen plugs of course but I wasnt going to go there.
And if you got a DAC you could put it after the radio receiver on the stereo?
Or is it decoded to analogue by then already. Im sure there are ipod, other than apple, DAC’s.
Not on my radar but I’ll have a look now.but the audio is superb to my old ears
Haha ears age dont they!
Tho’ I hope I havent blended all sounds together wherever I go. Not that I think anyone does, you understand. One day I may hear what you listen too. Or with more detail of the medium… I could quiz you relentlessly.
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Hard News: Steve, 1999, in reply to Simon Bennett,
the DAC in the Apple TV
If you can afford it...They're too not expensive
one of these ...they're highly thought of, for a "blue collar" DAC.
Or if you know someone handy with a soldering iron I use one of these