Quote: Yes, sorry I know one does'nt exist . I was refering to a new cable/connection (maybe integrated w/ the DAC/amp) that would have to be engineered from the ground up by R & D at Wadia. (Yup, that woud cost us. As I mentioned, it might not be cost effective, so no-one has gone this...

Quote: Are you sure the Onkyo & Audio-Technica docks also have digital out ? While they may sound good you will still be using the DAC inside the Ipod & it will remain a DAP rather than a "transport" unless you can access the digital signal to a DAC of your choice. Wadia, could really...

Quote: Yes, were did you get the impression that I don't realize lossless is like a zip. It's just that I'm happier using the highest attainable bit-rate within any codec. Flac Frontend (level 5 encoding) gave  me a higher kbps rate for the same music files flac encoded using the EAC flac...

Quote: Yeah, I guess I'm just being a little lazy as I don't care for compressed files in any shape or form & all the music I put on my DAPs(I hate calling these things MP3 players because I wouldn't use it if that's all they would play) is from my CDs or Higher Rez music files! I tried...

Quote: You guys are funny!!!  That you will listen to any "hiss" from IEMs or buds is extremely unblieveable to me. It's unacceptable for me to listen at anytime to euipment generated noise. The recordings I listen to all have at least some portions of silence (if only for a second or...

Sorry, but your rant(& anyone elses) about "hi-end" portable for the 'train ride' (or whatever) misses the whole point when the discussion is about available SQ. Just because this is where you tend to do your 'MP3 player'(I refuse to ever listen to listen to MP3 or any 'lossy' bit rates, I tried...

What's that old saying about "blaming the messenger for the message". It's not the playback that's flawed, it's only playing back what's actually on the recording. The truth is most popular music recordings don't have a lot of upper frequency liquidity, most players are intentionally designed to...

Quote: Originally Posted by shigzeo Changing CD to DSD is probably not the best method if you want to retain the quality of the original: you will lose something in the conversion process - but maybe add sparkle where codecs engage each other incorrectly. If we are recording the...

Quote: Originally Posted by LeeMark The mod is made in the iPod but then you need a special iMod LOD that has capacitors which are now bypassed in the iPod. A regular LOD without these caps will NOT work on an iModded iPod. Take a look at the Red Wine Audio and ALO websites for more...

Quote: Originally Posted by VicAjax And if those bits aren't converted to analogue until they reach the outboard DAC, there is very little that will affect the sound (some would argue nothing) between the transport and the DAC. So it would be somewhat doubtful the sound difference...

Quote: Originally Posted by VicAjax I'm with Sherwood... Bits is bits. The digital information contained in the iPod, as long as it's lossless, is no different from the information contained in a good (or bad) CDP. As long as those bits are delivered properly, the iPod itself shouldn't...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sherwood I think we're perhaps not on the same page. An iPod couldn't be called a digital transport at all if you're not getting a digital signal from it, which only a very few devices are capable of delivering. I agree that there are shortcomings to the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sherwood Do you have any firsthand experience that would run counter to my assertion? Admittedly, I've never heard the onkyo, but I have heard the Wadia a number of times in a number of different systems. It sounds awfully similar to a good CD transport, if...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sherwood They have produced a number of good DACs, sure, but the 170i is not a DAC. There are, hypothetically, ways to make one digital transport better than another, but the difference is extremely subtle at best. So, you're completely positive the...

Quote: Originally Posted by shigzeo it is the first, but there are others. the onkyo version also interfaces with a computer unlike the wadia. the onkyo also was a smaller footprint! While the Onkyo may have a bit more versatility, I would'nt be so quick to place it on the same...

I would think that the processing resources of Ipods are fairly basic as compared to a PC due to the limited amount of RAM that can be dedicated to any particular function on these portable devices(I could be completely wrong about this, but it seems logical to me). I think that each codec must...

Quote: Originally Posted by oghoter Am I alone trying active speakers. getting nice results. Not to put a damper on your enthusiasm for your active speakers, you may get more dialogue on them in one of the other forums over here as this is the "Portable Source Gear" Forum. (I do...

In a posting quite a few pages back someone mentioned they were'nt having success at recording a full SACD & I'm not sure if anyone passed on this information so here goes. The Korg MR1 can only record so many minutes according to how much free HDD space is available at the time of the...

If you really want to find out who the cnet reviews are geared toward ,just take a ride to your local Best Buy(Ewwwh, yeah I know! be honest you buy stuff there). I dare you to not go into a hysterical fit of laughter at some of the questions people ask (& quite often, the reply from the sales...

Quote: Originally Posted by adrift I'm assuming you're very new, or at least, not very familiar with Message Forums. The use of the word "troll" on this particular forum is a bit hyperbolic sometimes, and not always indicative of the typical message board troll. Usually a troll does not...

Honestly, the only reason I asked is that people seem to ask(or state) if something seems to be a "troll" to them . I consider most of what I read as nothing more than opinions. I may agree or disagree,but I don't see where anything warrants a "Is this a troll?". Unless you are missing some...

I guess I've always been curious about this from the time I started visiting forums. It appears some of us get pretty upset if they suspect one. My other question is why should someone even pay that much attention to something they consider nonsensical or ficticious ? To my knowledge the "Truth...

Quote: Originally Posted by Faye I'm having the same problem as your RunCore with a KingSpec drive, I suspect it is not responding as expected to requests to abort transfers or park heads. I've sent them an email asking for help/firmware before I put the drive on e-bay. I suspect...

This probably is'nt as important to most posters over here but all of your comparisons to other portable rig set-ups leave out a significant specification. Imods or the Jriver setups won't playback Hi-Rez music files . I can appreciate the fact that these other setups may also play state of the...

Quote: Originally Posted by swanlee Seriously What? What a useful & informative comment. We all now know what it was that you had issues with. This kind of reminds me of the way teenagers respond to things when they react to something offhandedly, rather than take a few seconds to...