Quote: Originally Posted by meta21 Would you please explain the detail how to set up the WDTV + HDD (Holding Flac/MP3) to skip the PC? I LOVE to do the same for my music files. I only have headphone and DAC/Headphone amp is on its way. Do you use your TV to browsing the music files...

Quote: Originally Posted by kboe (Note- I have no knowledge about anything electrical) Thinking about this more I would think that the micro amp and the micro DAC may not need the same amount of power even when processing the same signal. The reason the DPS exist is specifically to...

Quote: Originally Posted by kboe I thought about this also but feared headroom would not be interested in producing one, espicially with the economy continuing to worsen. Good idea though! Kevin As a further refinement to my suggestion (query) to Tyll (which he hasn't yet...

Quote: Originally Posted by tmcavinney 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 situation is though? On a plane, train...

Quote: Originally Posted by tmcavinney 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 and listen...

Presumably anyone who already has or plans to purchase the HeadRoom Portable Micro Amp (with DAC) has the intention (obvious) of using it almost entirely for portable use. Aside from a laptop being run similarly on battery power, what other digital sources (to feed its DAC) are being used or...

Quote: Originally Posted by bakhtiar The recent version of portable DVD players supports more codecs, compact and cheap too and sometime better than PCDP too. I took a look at the specs of the first 40 or so on the list you provided earlier, and they're pretty much limited to...

Quote: Originally Posted by [b]bakhtiar;There are several portable DVD players with digital out. So life is getting easier :). Portable DVD Player with Screen DVD Players Product Reviews and Prices - Epinions.com As I believe I reported way earlier in this thread, I have the LG...

QUOTE: I'm looking into a new amp at the moment and as it has RCA inputs I'll need a mini to RCA cable to connect with my Headroom Micro DAC. At the moment i'm running a mini to mini into my SuperMacro v3. QUOTE I have the same Headroom Micro DAC (which I'm very satisfied with) and I...

Tyll: For over a year now I have been utilizing with great satisfaction your old-model Micro DAC (the one that can also run on two 9-volt batteries). Recently I have been in correspondence with Jeremy re purchase of a compatible Micro Amp. One of my concerns however, in my intended...

Quote: Originally Posted by ascherjim Barock: This product, which I've never heard of before, sounds fascinating. (And I already keep my music on WD Passport external hard drives!) After reading the WDTV on-line manual, the only question I have (on which I need reassurance before...

Quote: Originally Posted by peter73 I am interested in WDTV as well and tried to find some information on the point that is most important to me - is it capable of bit-perfect stream through the digital out. I have found a posting on avs saying that WDTV applies some sort of gain to the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Rempert I think anything which handles flac is using the same decoder. If you aren't using any effect plugins, they ought to all sound pretty much the same. Rempert: Thanks much to you and all others for taking the time to respond to my query. I did...

Quote: Originally Posted by Barock Western Digital's WD TV plays FLAC (via external HDD/Flashdrive. Might be scorned by the purists, but it sounds just fine through optical (or line) out through my stereo, at least I can't tell the difference between that and the original CD, and frees...

I usually listen to flac-encoded music on my laptop's hard drive via SqueezeBox. with which I am very, very satisfied (understatement). However, there are occasions when I desire to listen to my laptop music (still flac-encoded) away from my SqueezeBox set up, i.e., in a more portable setting. I...

As follow-up to a subject I've touched upon before, long ago, in this forum, another viable (to me) use of an EQ is to compensate for a partial hearing loss as we (or some of us, anyway) grow older. I use the BBE Sonic Maximizer, which solves my hearing loss problem just fine, and is very easy...

Quote: Originally Posted by paara Glad to help How do you like your Headroom dac ascherjim? I like all the Headroom products I've had and upgraded from over the years. The DAC I use is an older model no longer being manufactured but offered on a great sale by them last year...

Finally got it working through some help on another thread of this forum. I needed to have my Micro DAC turned on and connected USB to USB ports for the Micro to be recognized by my laptop and the appropriate USB Codec to then crop up and become available for use. Thanks again.

MANY THANKS YOU GUYS. THAT WORKED PERFECTLY! I NEEDED TO HAVE MY DAC TURNED ON AND PLUGGED INTO THE LAPTOP'S USB PORT FOR IT TO BE RECOGNIZED AND INSTALLED AND THEN HAVE THE NEW SOFTWARE LIST AND SELECT THE APPRROPIATE USB CODEC. YOU GUYS (AND THIS FORUM) ARE GREAT.

Quote: Originally Posted by paara Yes it does. Is the DAC connected to your computer and turned on? Does the computer react when you plug it in (meaning: does it registrate that a device has been pluged in?) Should pop up a little notation when you plug it in. If nothing happen...

Quote: Originally Posted by kboe Sorry, I got nottin for ya. Thanks anyway. Regards, Jim

Quote: Originally Posted by paara Mybe this can help ? small app to cange playback device more easy Many thanks for the site. I downloaded and installed STADS, but the only playback device it finally lists as an option for me is my (apparently) single one of Conexant AMC...

Quote: Originally Posted by Linchpin It's been a while since I've used XP but in Control Panel under Sound there should be an option that changes the default playback device. There indeed is. However, on my laptop it gives only one option, that of Conexant AMC Audio. Can I change...

Quote: Originally Posted by kboe If you have a Mac you may need to open up MIDI under applications and chose the USB Device as your digital sound output. For a PC I have no idea? Kevin I unfortunately(?) have Windows XP, and what you describe doesn't seem an available option for...

Quote: Originally Posted by linuxworks hang on. don't get confused. 'pc speakers' is the sound card saying that ascii text string! it does not mean the same thing as 'playback quality' that the xp audio panel often talks about ('desktop speakers' is a magic string they use). the...