The best way to hook up high quality speakers to your computer is this: get a good USB DAC and plug it into your computer. You then pick this in your system properties as your sound output. Then you run RCA right and left cables from the DAC to a good Subwoofer that has RCA inputs and outputs...

All iMods are used. They are based on used 4G or 5G models then they are modified to sound better. When you buy one from Red Wine Audio who does the mods, it doesn't come with a cable, you have to buy one from ALO. I have seen used ones on this site for over $600 and that's what they are selling...

I like my iMod, but I was only using it in my car with my iPod cable kit from the head unit. If anyone want's to buy it to use with headphones, you would need to get an adaptor cable with built in capacitors, then ideally plug that into a headphone amp, then use your headphones with that. The...

I figured out through trials at Car Tunes and my BMW dealer that for some reason the ALO iMod adapter cable won't charge my iMod when used with the BMW iPod integration kit.

My iMod doesn't charge in my car with the ALO cable. Everything else works, but it goes to "sleep" after awhile, and I have to manually wake it up to get it recognized by my head unit.

I have a new 5G iMod and an ALO car cable. The iMod "works" with my car iPod integration cable using the ALO cable, but it won't charge. Also, my iMod goes to sleep when not using, so when I select it, I have to open my glovebox and manually "wake" it up. Big hassle.

Quote: Thanks Shrimants,   I need to find some affordable Bass Traps for my room corners and sound absorbing panels for my walls.    

I'm trying both Amarra and Pure Music. The nice thing about Pure Music is you can make the output Mono if you want for testing speakers, and It has a nice interface with a lot of options. Last year I bought Power Station which works within iTunes. It's inexpensive and sounds great, but I still...

I compared the A5's at home with the M-Audio BX5a and the Swan D1080MkII 08.  They were all good, but the M-audio's lacked quality bass. The A5's and the Swan's were so close, I had trouble picking a "winner". I went back and forth for over a week. Finally I picked the Swan's because I seemed to...

I definitely hear a difference from 128 bks to 256 on iTunes, and an even BIGGER difference on HiRes HD TRacks of about 900+bks. Much better separation and sound quality to my ear, even when I had basic speakers with no DAC. Now that I have an upgraded DAC and speakers, the difference is even...

I recently bought a DAC to use through my iMac to my speakers. It alone made a hugh difference in my perceived sound quality. Then I upgraded the USB cable to the DAC and the RCA interconnects to the speakers. I also "seemed" to hear an improvement. The reason I bought those "extras" was the...

I auditioned the Swan D1080MkII's and the Audioengine A5's, as well as M-Audio B5Xa. I ended up with the Swan's, they sounded great, did were easy to hook up, and saved me money.

I auditioned the BX5a's, the A5's, and the Swan D1080MkII's. All sounded good, but the M-Audio's definitely need a sub. You need to run 1/8" jacks from your soundcard or DAC to each speaker, or from the Sub to the speaker. The A5's sounded good by themselves. I ended up with the Swan's because...

Quote: that's how I'm doing it now. Dac to sub hi pass input, then hi pass output to speakers with RCA R+L high quality cables. the sub and speakers seem well integrated after I adjusted cutoff and volume on sub first, then adjust total volume through the source, (itunes on computer)

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    Quote:   I know what a DAC does, thats why I bought one. I sometimes tested them that way so I could switch back and forth instantly. Then I reversed which one had the DAC hookup.   My main testing I did like you said, hook one up with the DAC, listen to a piece I know well...

by DRG   "It depends on what kind of sub you have to how you connect it up, i have 1 with rca thru puts , so it's simply dac > sub > speakers ."         that's how I'm doing it now. Dac to sub hi pass input, then hi pass output to speakers with RCA R+L high quality cables. the...

I did the hook up the way you suggested. Still too hard to tell. I also compared them both with and with DAC, with and without SUB, and one with DAC vs other with SoundCard and visa versa. Again, both sound great, but the Swan's seem to have better R to L balance of the music volume and staging...

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Shrimants,   I did what you said. I hooked each set up one at a time the same way, with the speakers in the same space. I am using a 2008 iMac intel, with an HRT Streamer II+ USB DAC. I played two different HiDefinition FLAC files from HD Tracks through Songbird. The bottom line is that both...

  thanks, I originally did what you said. But it is very hard for me to compare how a speaker sounds 1 minute after playing the same song on a different speaker. I finally did the connection at the same time, one Swan to the right hookup, one A5 to the left hookup. I know that is not a...

Yikes! Last week when I compared the A5's to the new Swan D1080MkII, I had one pair running from my iMac headphone jack, and the other pair running through a USB DAC. They both sounded great, but some songs sounded better on one than the other. At first I thought the A5's generally sounded...

I had the A2's, then sold them because I was ready for a "bigger" sound, with a bigger budget. I got a usb DAC which helped improve the sound of my files, then I tried 3 sets of desktop speakers. the M-Audio BX5a, the Swan D1080mkII, and the Audioengine A5. All sounded good, At first I was...

Thanks, Vinnie at Red Wine Audio told me check eBay. Several were there. I just ordered a silver one from Japan for $200 delivered. I am going to get the Dac-Magic in silver, looks like a good fit for my space. I'll be running it through my Cambridge Azur 640-A amp and PSB Imagine T tower...