Question: I have a utility for my Mac called Auditri (see: Auditri) that converts various music file formats into other formats, and I have considered using it to convert all of my AIFF rips to FLAC for use on my soon-to-arrive X5. if I do this, I can load all of my high-res music on a single...

In a nutshell: My much-loved Shure SE530s have finally developed "damaged cable syndrome" where the cables loops over my ears. I was expecting this at some point, and now I have to deal with the problem. Shure has responded to my inquiry about cable repair to say that they no longer fix the...

I'm having difficulty finding out anything at all about my new Mac Pro's sound card. Does anyone here know what hardware Apple put into this machine? I would also welcome suggestions for optimizing the machine for sound output.* Thanks. *by that I mean, listening to my AIFF and ALAC music files...