So there's a lot of dabate about whether cables make a difference. And whether more expensive cables make a difference. Why rely just on the ABX testing to figure it out? I'm sure everyone's thought of it before, and that there's a flaw in my thinking, but.... why don't people just get a good...

Right now i use biwired monster unity audio speaker cables (http://www.ozenterprises.net/_unity/monsterlink.htm) to connect my Apogee Stage speakers to my Krell 400xi. I'm considering getting another set of speaker cables to increase my guage, but i would need something like the Vampire SB...

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/rev...stem-for-ipod/ Sonically it's a disappointment.

In the Macworld podcast (http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/mwpo...t30/index.php), an editor who sounds like an audiophile says his initial impression is that the ipod hifi does have distortion, doesn't separate, has a flat mid range and low bass. No real soundscape. THere are better options...

Please no cables are snake oil posts. For the believers, how would u rank which cable has the most significant impact on sound. eg.) 1. speaker cable 2. interconnect 3. power cables

I'm posting in this part of the forum cause i wanted to hear from the cdp proponets as well.... I am a high proponet of lossless music. I have an almost silent pc with an RME sound card outputed via glass optical to a Musical Fidelity DAC a3.24 going out to my Krell 400xi to my Apogee Stage...

Hey guys, It's been over a year since i built my system, and knowing how technology moves fast, just wanna make sure my system is spitting out music in the best way possible. Any comments, suggestion welcome. Am i compromising the music in any way? Audio Rig: -Apogee Stage ribbon...

Hi, Ever since i got my new stereo system (Apogee Stage ribbon speakers + Krell KAV-300i Integrated AMP + Musical Fidelity A3.24 DAC + RME Sound card ouputing lossless music) i can't listen to my ipod anymore without getting listening fatigue. I have a 4g 20gb ipod with Sony MDREX71...

Hi, I've noticed that the myth that asio and kernal streaming are the only ways to bypass the kmixer is still permeating throughout this forum. I'm writing this post in the hopes of putting this myth to rest for good. Certain sound cards have drivers that will natively bypass the kmixer...

My current setup has my Musical Fidelity A324 DAC plugged into my Monster PC1000. TO be able to turn off the dac via remote i was thinking of plugging it in instead to the switched outlet of my NAD C370 (which is plugged into the PC1000). How would this effect the sound? The MF is supposed...

My sound card is a audiophile 2496, and i output it via a coax to my musical fidelity a324 dac, but i'm getting the RME Digi96/8 with glass toslink to replace my audiophile cause it has drivers that bypass kmixer and that means i can use windows mce 2005! I've been reading a lot of...

Just hoping someone can tell me the difference b/w the RME Digi96/8, Digi96/8 PRO, PST and PAD. I'm looking to get the Digi96/8 but wondering what it lacks compared to the others. thanks

Hi, 1. Currently i hook up my pc to my stereo via my Audiophile 2496. I know when i put volume to the max on my preamp i get a little static from the computer coming out of the speakers. Question about this: I'm getting an external dac which will connect to my pc via coax. Will this solve...

Online retailers state that the pc1000 has stage 2 v2.0. But if it's just a rebadged old hts1000, and the old hts1000 is v1.0 (which it is, isn't it?), then isn't the pc1000 really stage 2 v1.0? thanks

I'm making a compliation disk, with my plextor 716 using roxio. Since i'm compiliing songs from different cd's, the volume of each track is different. I was wondering if normalizing the tracks will effect the audio fidelity. thanks

Hi, I'm going to get the Musical Fidelity A324 DAC. Right now i have the M-Audio 2496 audiophile. I was just wondering how this card is for acting as a transport. Considering that the Musical Fidelity A324 dac is supposed to be good with jitter reduction, is there a better card (for...

I was using winamp w/ asio drivers, but switched to foobar2000 w/ kernal streaming cause i found it had less skipping. I think this was due to the switch from asio to kernal streaming. Btw, i have an M-Audio Audiophile 2496 sound card. In respect that sound quality is the most important...