Mac Mini

[ionomolo]

you can also go crazy and get a sound card that will spit out an aes/ebu signal and then build a dac to take that. Thats what I'm doing

Wouldn't this have the same jitter issues that make S/PDIF infamous?

 

[planet10]

Wouldn't this have the same jitter issues that make S/PDIF infamous?

yes

dave

 

[ionomolo]

But i still have that feeling about the edirol FA-66, hasn't it too much features and isn't it too cheap to sound good? Or has my mind been taken over by silly ideas that bind high quality to high price?

 

[planet10]

But i still have that feeling about the edirol FA-66, hasn't it too much features and isn't it too cheap to sound good? Or has my mind been taken over by silly ideas that bind high quality to high price?

That would have been my feeling too if i hadn't lived with the USB variant. Price pressure and shear number of units made & sold as well as amortization across products would yield a price point that a much smaller hifi manufacturer can only dream of.

dave

 

[ionomolo]

Thanks, i think i will go for it. Yours is one thought that i've also had, aren't some high-end audio pieces of gear too expensive to sell enough units to finance good research?

 

[dukeoddorkdom]

Okay, so what is everyone's thoughts on this; get one of the twisted pear DAC's with USB use it and wait for the firewire module to add on later? Or is the FA66 a better idea?

 

[planet10]

[so what is everyone's thoughts on this; get one of the twisted pear DAC's with USB use it and wait for the firewire module to add on later?

Last i asked, there were no plans for a Firewire Module. At this point, unlike the simplier USB interfaces, it is not a single chip solution.It would be nice if they did.

dave

 

[dukeoddorkdom]

well poop!

 

[ionomolo]

it is not a single chip solution.

dave

Asynchronous reclocking may be one of the keys to good d/a conversion

 

[ionomolo]

Sorry for double posting, but i've just came across the Apogee Duet, which is a bit more expensive than the FA-66 but it's a firewire interface and it's still less than half the benchmark dac 1 usb.

Does it trade outputs for quality or outputs & quality for enclosure look?

 

[planet10]

The duet has a very good rep... matter of fact i saw a post where one fellow replaced his benchmark with it, and figured it an upgrade.

dave

 

[ionomolo]

That's nice, i wonder why people looking for quality are always directed to astronomically priced things like the wavelengths, bel canto's and the relatively expensive Dac 1.

 

[tiglitosa]

mac mini usb to dac

Hi there folks

I dont know if that question fits here but i will shoot and if not you shoot me

I have a mac mini (non intel) and a diy tube dac with usb. When the dac is connected to pc all goes well (sound comes out pretty good with some buffer outs grrrr) but when i connect it to the mac no sound at all from itunes as if it does not recognize it.
Is there a preference to set or some extra s/w?

Thanx in advance

Nick

 

[tiglitosa]

hehe i got the ASIO drivers and iTunes in mac mini works like a charm so is my DAC.

Nick

 

[Zoran]

the fact that there is no any comments, or questions
about the post I left, leeds me to 2 posibile conclusions
that some folks ignoring the vital information, without checking it.
Or second, that he info checked in praxis with excelent results, and remain
still without mch fuss...
*
also try to search for the native mac mini or (PBP), specs about
spdif output...
Or better, compare t in the same sys with some fancy expencive player
and judge by yourself?
*
thanks

 

[kmtang]

I bought a piece of TOSLINK cable with one 3.5mm plug at one end. I just need to set the Sound output from HDMI to optic audio. It works great.

You've got to try this.

Johnny