Posts by Edoardo

Quote: Originally Posted by DaveBSC  From Steve from a post at CA: "The clock in the Lynx is not as good as the standard clock in the Off-Ramp 3. 3 psec RMS jitter is the spec on the standard...

An active preamplifier and an headphone amplifier aren't much different, technically, but the headphone section of a standard preamplifier or integrated amplifier may not "share" the same circuit of the preamplifier itself: there may...

Again... Source? I've never read this thing of the "USB superiority" (???) anywhere

Ehm... source???   USB seem not to be a convenient choice, since you would have to deal with the 5V power supply section, energy saving crap and polling settings for optimal results... 

Hi again,   Well, It seems you already have spent your budget in headphones!    I can suggest you a DAC+amp combo such as the ONIX DAC 25A or the AudioGD NFB-12 or something like that. They do support USB 24/96,...

I am not very keen in Blu-Ray ripping.   To HiAudio, since you are using Windows I can suggest EAC as ripping software.    I'd rip them in FLAC, without any loss of quality. A CD has a 16bit/44.1KHz...

I was thinking about something like the RME HDSP 9632 or the ESI Juli@, which are much cheaper. you can built a great music server around those, without the USB jitter and (morover) power supply issues!    The Bryston...

I agree  It's a computer with an ESI Juli@ and a couple of very nice tweaks though! I can't tweak a soundcard and build a PSU myself, so... It'd be my choiche

Well... Welcome here!    Why don't you tell us something more... About your source... About your budget... About what you like most or least about the different headphones you have...

Well, it depends... From the quality of the transport... From the output stages... From a lot of things.   For stereo audio only, ripping to an HDD is surely a nobrainer IMHO...