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Originally Posted by jpelg /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Congrats on your Apogee, A.Thorsen. I'm sure you will enjoy it (sounds like you already are).
Just an FYI that you can output DVD-A over spdif. Variances depend on:
1. The DVD-A disc itself (specific content & possible protection schemes)
2. Your transport (some players have configurable digital outputs)
3. Your transport's available digital-outs (only coax can support full 192khz)
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I'll mess around with this later today, but thankfully the GS-X lets me switch on the fly. The Apogee is XLR all the way and I still have the analogs going directly from the Onkyo 1000 into the GS-X's RCA inputs, so I can keep switching back and forth on the fly with great ease.
Handy!
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I think it's strictly computer related.
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Originally Posted by Don Quichotte /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I wouldn't touch those trimmers either, but you should not be reluctant to move the jumpers, it might pay off. If I had two pots in the signal path doing more or less the same thing, I would do my best to get rid of one of them.
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I'll keep that in mind.
I usually tend to not mess around with things like that unless I really perceive a need to do so. I'm pretty early in this ballgame as of yet.
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Originally Posted by jp11801 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
so far my apogee is outstanding I had been using it as part of a computer rig
Imac>optical cable>Apogee>ps-1, yesterday I put it in my main rig with the alesis masterlink cdp as a transport and Wow it held up agaist my exemplar cdp, maybe not quite as transparent and the bass impact was off by a hair with cds. The really cool thing is is can play the needle drops I did of vinyl that I receorded at 24/96 and I don't care what others have told me they sounded better than the redbook versions I made out of my exemplar.
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^^ I'm definitely impressed overall with the sound myself. I'm just going to have to decide over the next couple of weeks or so if the $700 was spent well enough here to bring something appreciable to the table or do I consider other options.
Plenty of time!
EDIT: Put in some time this morning. I deliberately brought out some recordings that I had some complaints with before in regards to a touch of harshness, brightness, and things of that nature.
The mini DAC noticeably smoothed out those edges and I had no harshness issues where I'd noticed them before on these recordings. I do feel like there's a bit more warmth and overall body to the music. It's subtle and almost something I can't put my finger on, but I definitely like what the mini DAC is doing and I'm already seeing myself favoring it. I'm almost noticing a little more of some overall dimension, soundstage, and resolution/seperation as far as instrumentation and vocals go. It's doing some nice things here for sure.
If I continue along this way, I can definitely see the mini-DAC scoring gold for me in very short order.