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Post by UT-Driven on Aug 15, 2010 9:44:14 GMT -5
Seems natural to have up before down on the remote to me.
Doug
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Post by jlafrenz on Aug 15, 2010 10:30:39 GMT -5
Any body else think it's kind of strange that the remote's "volume up" button is on the left, while the "volume down" is on the right? You would have to turn it up before you can turn it down so the buttons are arranged naturally as we would read a book from left to right. |
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Post by bfisher on Aug 15, 2010 11:25:35 GMT -5
I'm new to DACs - can someone clarify for me...
- I use JRiver (for many years, before FLAC was popular), and much of my audio is APE (lossless). Does this thing care that it's APE (versus FLAC, vs WMV, etc)? I plug it into a USB port and I'm good to go? or does it need to be able to process specific file types to work for me?
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Post by Erwin.BE on Aug 15, 2010 11:46:28 GMT -5
I'm new to DACs - can someone clarify for me... - I use JRiver (for many years, before FLAC was popular), and much of my audio is APE (lossless). Does this thing care that it's APE (versus FLAC, vs WMV, etc)? I plug it into a USB port and I'm good to go? or does it need to be able to process specific file types to work for me? If your computer can play it, you're good! And if you ever want to convert, there are free programs to do this. |
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Post by jlafrenz on Aug 15, 2010 13:08:49 GMT -5
I'm new to DACs - can someone clarify for me... - I use JRiver (for many years, before FLAC was popular), and much of my audio is APE (lossless). Does this thing care that it's APE (versus FLAC, vs WMV, etc)? I plug it into a USB port and I'm good to go? or does it need to be able to process specific file types to work for me? As Erwin has stated, your fine. Your computer and software are doing the decoding, not the DAC. The DAC is just changing the signal from digital to analog. |
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Post by bfisher on Aug 16, 2010 11:42:10 GMT -5
coolio - that's what I assumed... but hate to assume  |
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Post by Erwin.BE on Aug 16, 2010 13:53:50 GMT -5
coolio - that's what I assumed... but hate to assume You're wise not to. I don't want to admit how many times things went wrong because I "assumed" this or that would go like this or that... |
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Post by mongis on Aug 17, 2010 4:37:42 GMT -5
If I plan to use my computer with the XDA, should I choose USB or SPDIF (optical)?
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Post by twilkins on Aug 17, 2010 10:12:53 GMT -5
If I plan to use my computer with the XDA, should I choose USB or SPDIF (optical)? If you have the option I'd use SPDIF. I'm now using the digital coax and will do so with the XDA. |
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Post by Erwin.BE on Aug 17, 2010 10:27:05 GMT -5
If I plan to use my computer with the XDA, should I choose USB or SPDIF (optical)? PC: USB Mac: USB or optical As short as possible is always best, max 2 meter (6') The disadvantage of USB is that one can never be certain that the audio stream will be uninterrupted since the computer can give other tasks priority (like searching for software updates). That's why FireWire (Mac) is better since it is certain to get a certain CPU bandwidth dedicated to FireWire. If you have a Mac and external HD, choose a HD with FireWire and use that if your DAC is USB, like the XDA-1. Or use the optical. If the DAC is FireWire, use that to the Mac and use USB for the HD. Asynchronous USB is the latest talk of the town to deal with Jitter (but XDA-1 doesn't have this) The optical has it's own pro and cons: it does not make an electrical connection, so no chance for corruption there. But it's prone to Jitter (timing errors resulting in background noise), so the DAC has to be able to deal with this. We do not know yet how the XDA-1 performs with this. The coaxial digital (electrical) is perhaps the safer bet with what we know now. |
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Post by strindl on Aug 17, 2010 19:46:15 GMT -5
For a digital connection my choices from best to not as good would be
1: Digital XLR (AES/EBU)
2: Coaxial Digital
3: Toslink
4: USB
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Post by dotvibe on Aug 18, 2010 5:46:49 GMT -5
you know, it really is too bad they didn't make space for a headphone amp in this one. It really would have taken over in the high end head-fi world world if an all in one solution with a a DAC like this existed.
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Post by brubacca on Aug 18, 2010 8:01:31 GMT -5
Will there be any way to plug an iPod directly into the USB port? (I mean without an expensive digital out dock)
I need this as my wife will sometimes use her iPod where I am putting this. I use a squeezebox so dig coax covers me. I am trying to eliminate a pre-amp in this situation.
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Post by GreenKiwi on Aug 18, 2010 10:35:45 GMT -5
You might look at Little Dot amps. They have some very interesting headphone amps. I own the MK VI SE, and love it. They have a number of different models, solid state as well as tubes. So until we get an Emo headphone amp, these become a good option.
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Post by bearfan51 on Aug 19, 2010 2:14:00 GMT -5
What is the output impedance? I didn't see it listed in the specs.
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Post by ook on Aug 19, 2010 2:24:43 GMT -5
I didn't see anything listed in the specs about jitter. I'd need to know this before making a purchase decision.
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Post by Erwin.BE on Aug 19, 2010 6:02:53 GMT -5
I didn't see anything listed in the specs about jitter. I'd need to know this before making a purchase decision. Indeed no info on Jitter. The optical connection is typically the type most prone to Jitter, but IMO you will be fine here also if the cables are as short as possible and the bends are not to sharp. You could ask Emotiva directly. |
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Post by BillBauman on Aug 19, 2010 10:51:21 GMT -5
I hope we see this beauty at Emofest. Wow.. just realized it's only 20 days away! On the topic of Emofest and the XDA-1 (also check the XSP-1 page) emonatics.com/XDA-1.shtml |
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Post by venaka on Aug 19, 2010 14:50:17 GMT -5
I'm new to DACs - can someone clarify for me... - I use JRiver (for many years, before FLAC was popular), and much of my audio is APE (lossless). Does this thing care that it's APE (versus FLAC, vs WMV, etc)? I plug it into a USB port and I'm good to go? or does it need to be able to process specific file types to work for me? ok im confused here ..dac noob. So i gather from reading this, that i can connect an external hard drive that has all my flac files and this thing will play them?? and what would be the diffrence with the logitech touch? which i was about to purchase. |
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Post by BillBauman on Aug 19, 2010 15:00:53 GMT -5
I'm new to DACs - can someone clarify for me... - I use JRiver (for many years, before FLAC was popular), and much of my audio is APE (lossless). Does this thing care that it's APE (versus FLAC, vs WMV, etc)? I plug it into a USB port and I'm good to go? or does it need to be able to process specific file types to work for me? ok im confused here ..dac noob. So i gather from reading this, that i can connect an external hard drive that has all my flac files and this thing will play them?? That is highly unlikely. A DAC converts PCM data to an analog waveform to be amplified and played on speakers. A FLAC is a compressed form of PCM that a media player would first need to decompress before the DAC could 'do' anything with it. There are integrated DACs in this world that do all that in one, but I doubt that the XDA-1 will have that capability. This doesn't mean it's impossible, it just means that Emotiva would have to have included a generalized/programmable DSP for decoding the popular compression formats to PCM. It's quite possible, we won't know until Lonnie mentions something or we get one in our grubby little hands. |
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