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RE: Upgrading a Dac 2.1 to 3.1

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Posted by Tubeheadz on January 24, 2011 at 03:55:12

In Reply to: RE: Upgrading a Dac 2.1 to 3.1 posted by blueixus on January 24, 2011 at 01:15:03:

Hi blueixus

I take it that you read my post???..... The M2Tech products (none of them) lend themselves to internal mounting in the DACs. There are also too many variables out there right now to make the case for a viable research project (within AN K). For example.... it is well known that Firewire is a better transfer protocol, but there just aren't the drivers available. There are other approaches such as the Logitech Duet, that convert from TCP/IP to S/PDIF. Which is the right one? For the long haul.... or right now? So, I am starting an objective study and I am asking if any members out there are interested in somehow participating? I do understand that for the most part, once someone has found "their baby," they stick to it and defend it vociferously... that is human nature. I guess I'm not human (all those years working at IBM)! So I put it out there.... if anyone else in interested in computer based music and the interface to the AN K DAC's feel free to e-mail me.

btw... I am not talking about music servers or music stored on a PC used for other things as well.... I'm talking about dedicated computer storage and playback of hi-res music, using a hard wired (not WiFi) system. This also entails optimizing the O/S to remove unnecessary services.

At this point I am using an IBM/Intel computer with a 1TB Cinemastar drive, Windows XP and J River application software.... however that may change, as the MacMini guys have been able to make their case quite convincingly. I also tried the Ubuntu version of UNIX and unfortunately abondoned that, at least for now, due to the learning curve required.

Until next time.... enjoy the music

Tubeheadz

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