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In Reply to: RE: More Comments on the Audioquest DragonFly posted by soundchekk on July 08, 2012 at 02:54:53
"1. Plug'n play are all driverless USB audio devices"
There are no "driverless" devices. All have drivers. The only issue is whether those drivers come bundled with a particular version of a particular operating system.
"3. High Price Ayre and Wavelength devices incl. Streamlenght stuff will face a pretty tough future."
HIgh Price DACs exist to provide higher quality audio at a price. They are higher cost for good reason, and it isn't primarily the chips. Whether they are "cost effective" depends on many factors, including the size of the customer's budget. Advancing technology won't change the situation, because the same advanced technology will be available to the higher end manufacturers. Of course it is well known and proven in referred journals that all DACs sound alike. Since the mid 1980's we've all enjoyed "perfect sound forever".
There are benefits that a customer gets from using a specialized driver. The biggest one is the possibility of completely bypassing the baroque audio stack supplied by most operating system vendors. Just for peace of mind this makes a lot of sense to critical listeners who have some degree of technical competence when it comes to computer audio. (That's assuming these drivers are robust. Some are, some are not.)
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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Nonsense.Todays high Price devices highest cost factors go into enclosure, marketing, and dealer margin.
All that can be marketed because the old generation still believes in "audiophile" brands and got plenty of money to play with.Compared to above the cost associated to the technology itself becomes neglectable.
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::: Squeezebox Touch Toolbox 3.0 and more ::: by soundcheck
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"The biggest one is the possibility of completely bypassing the baroque audio stack supplied by most operating system vendors."Damien has released Beta 1.3.9.4 Audirvana Plus with improved stability for Direct Mode/Integer for OSX Lion. The results of bypassing Core Audio processing are stunning. Best of all, all of this works with the standard OSX USB driver.
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Mercman:> Audirvana Plus with improved stability for Direct Mode/Integer for OSX Lion.
Doesn't Direct Mode/Integer work on Audirvana Free also?
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The Driver smiled when he lost the car in pursuit...
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"The results of bypassing Core Audio processing are stunning"
You can say the latest version of the software is stunning in your system......
You cannot conclusively say why.
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The latest version doesn't sound any different from the previous version. It's just more stable. I was speaking about Direct Mode/Integer for OSX Lion in general terms. I'm sorry I wasn't clear about this.
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