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Peter who said we where listening to the PC/MACs audio output?

Posted by Gordon Rankin (M) on May 20, 2004 at 09:23:15

In Reply to: Re: Peter some thought posted by pburke on May 19, 2004 at 18:03:41:

Peter,

First off why do you say they sound bad? I have had the best results with my Cosecant and no longer even use a CD transport.

http://www.wavelengthaudio.com/Cosecant.html

Sure the Analog outputs are crap look who they are servicing. That's why I designed the Cosecant because the computer is a great vehicle but needs better output.

Peter I designed PC for years have some 300K plus in the field plus about 32 ISA/PCI boards. I know PC's and MAC's better than most.

For Audio, MAC's are just better. Look at any recording studio, they are almost all MAC's. FOR A REASON.

I think I have one of the best PC setups you can get:

http://www.hushtechnologies.com/

Loaded to the hilt with MusicMatch PRO, EAC, XP PRO, 1G mem, 240G drive.

This is definately the quitest PC I can find and it works great.

But why should I have to use more than one program to do the same thing I can do with iTunes.

And for that matter why whould I have to put up with non-intutitve OS like Windows when all I want to do is play good music.

The problem with PRO PC people is that they have not even taken a look at anything else.

Apple makes it soo easy to do all this stuff. It's fast, it's fanless and all the software you need is free and already installed. They prompt you when new software is available for anything you have on your system.

I prefer it because I have seen the best of both.

As far as your transport and your dac, glad to hear it. But USB is error free and there is no need for jitter problems as it is all async to the data rate. My TentLabs modified 47 Labs and my SPDIF dac sounds great too. But both are in the closet collecting dust.

Why... the computer just has so much more too offer without any of the problem areas.

Thanks for listening to the rant,
Gordon
J. Gordon Rankin

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