Hi. I've been thinking about purchasing Wharfedale Diamond 10.1 speakers to play music from my laptop. After doing some research I discovered that the speakers use bi-wire input, which I've never heard about. Is there any SPD/IF to Bi-wire converter available? And what are my other options for...

I had that thought, but didn't want to believe it. Damn you Asus if it's true! Thx for the links. Also bluejeans have both the optical cable and adapter available. Can you please check whether those are the ones I need at their page (http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/...udio/index.htm)...

I have a s/pdif out on my laptop, which I was told by Asus support (model M50Vc) is digital coaxial. I purchased Bluejeans digital coaxial RCA/RCA cable and an 3.5mm MONO MALE to RCA FEMALE Adaptor for Audio S/PDIF (3.5mm MONO MALE to RCA FEMALE Adaptor for Audio S/PDIF - eBay (item 230435858985...

Ok, considering the feedback and udac impressions thread I think I'm gonna settle with this little miracle for now.

Quote: Originally Posted by stang In's out for digital, same looking Probably Line Out you are talking about. Does not compute

Those are Ins and they indeed look different. The digital out on the laptop is combined with HP out and looks just like a normal headphones port, just has s/pdif written near it.

Quote: Originally Posted by stang IMO $500 is overkill for the AD900 but if you upgrade in the future, at least you won't have to upgrade your gear for a while. Which is what I thought. My aunt is in US now so I have a chance to order some gear without the need to pay huge...

I want to purchase a good desktop (I guess everything not portable is desktop?) DAC and AMP for my laptop and AD900 cans. So far I've been considering Firestone Audio Spitfire 24bit DAC (cause it has optical in) and Cute Beyond AMP. It'd be great to get any advice whether this rig would be good...

Can someone explain what will be the benefits of the balanced IBasso DAC & Amp which is being developed and is it true that D10 is going to be updated soon?

So basically D10 is the best amp/dac combo below 300$?

So basically E7 is an amp/dac while E9 is just an amp but much better at it than E7? If E1 will be as good as it's reviewed I'm so buying E9.

Great review. Still waiting for mine to arrive.

I've heard transferring album art is major issue in 3rd party software for syncing with Ipods, so if you're anal about your art Itunes is your best bet. It's sad that APPLE are so anal about Itunes being the only salvation for a lost soul using Ipod. I like Itunes, but I don't like when there is...

Did you use Itunes to sync your music?

Quote: Originally Posted by mrarroyo Showcase iPod Classic by Contour: Contour Design | Showcase iPod classic | retail.contourdesign.com Yeah, I saw it. But it's out of production afaik and is nowhere to be found for a reasonable price. It's not available at your link either.

Ahh, comon. Noone has an Ipod case and uses a LOD? Also, do you think this case here will be ok for most of LODs?

Yeah I need a case which has an opening big enough for any LOD out there to fit. Cause almost all the time the Ipod will be with LOD connected and I obviously don't want to take the case off whenever I want to use the LOD and an amp.

Can someone please advise me a decent Ipod classic 2009 160Gb case to accommodate almost any size of the LOD I'd throw at him. Specifically for that huge FiiO E1 LOD connector. Surely I'm gonna switch from it eventually and averagely LODs are smaller that E1 (afaik) but right now I need one...

Waiting mine to be delivered. Hopefully DX failed with my order too (in a good way).

i-Qube V2 costs 500 Euro Wth! I wonder how RSA Shadow, Slee Voyager and Pico fair against each other.

Whiplash ones look good. I notice they are one of the most popular on head-fi. Comon guys, at least in theory what amp will sound good with AD900 or generally a great sounding portable amp improving any cans. Seems AD900s are not popular here at all.

Mine is on a way from Deal Extreme. I'll write my impressions after it actually gets here.

It'd be wonderful if you guys could recommend me a good LOD and AMP combo for Ipod Classic 160Gb 7th Gen and Audio Technica AD900 cans. I don't want to overpay for something I'm not going to hear with this rig, but I'd like to get close to the best experience possible. My budget is around...

Quote: Originally Posted by krmathis Yes, the resulting ALAC file will be the same size regardless of compression setting in the source FLAC file. Thx for the swift answer. I was getting nervous I was loosing bits of space.

Quote: Originally Posted by RedSky0 The thing is loaded into memory and always there because that's their motive. The point of iTunes is to sell music. Why do you think they ported it to Windows at all? It sure wasn't to give away the competitive edge that its sleekness and prestige...