Posts by tmcavinney

I would forget an optical input at this price point. USB is much more universal. I would consider USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed USB) for one big reason - more power! It provides 900mA vs. the 500mA available to USB 2.0. I think you will...

Is there any chance of a repeat of the Airhead/Bithead scenario...both were dropped in favor of the Total Airhead/Total Bithead and the prices were lowered considerably. That would be awesome!

I noticed your original post said USB cable to the DAC...you may want to try an optical cable and see if that is an improvement. Fifteen feet is supposed to be about the max length for a USB cable, so it's possible that's an issue. ...

I've been wanting to ask this question for a while, and this seems like a good opening. I would eventually like to get a Micro Amp and DAC but I'm torn on the regular/ultra decision as well. I'm the type of person that would hate to...

Saw a great placement tip on Tekzilla when they were visiting Dolby Labs - hook up the subwoofer and place it where you usually sit and listen. Next, play a movie/music and walk around the room (into the corners, etc) and decide what...

I had forgotten about the addition of power supplies or chargers for going mobile for any extended period of time. I heard recently that most of the major mobile phone companies had agreed to standardize on the mini-USB connector for...

I think Pirate makes a good point about "portable" vs "mobile", or however you want to phrase it. I understand that everyone would like an iPod-like device with a digital output. Can I ask what your listening...

In several of the other forums people have mentioned portable DVD players with digital outputs. Many of them will play MP3 files - some may play one of the lossless file formats. You could burn 8+ GB of audio files to a dual-layer DVD...

After looking up DirectSound, I think I see the big picture now. Thanks man! As I said, I doubted the BitHead was doing the downsample. I did a little A/B listening between the (apparently downsampled) 24/96 version and the 16/44...

Based on the recommendation in one of the Ultra DAC threads, I thought I would download the 24/96 sample tracks from HDtracks and see how they sounded. Since they're FLAC files, I also downloaded Songbird in order to play them on my...