Quote: Originally Posted by IPodPJ If you are using your computer strictly as a server to send the raw data files to a source that decodes them, in that sense it is fine as a transport. However if you are using your computer as a transport AND source, that's where you will have issues...

I found great recommendations by searching past threads on Denon/Amp pairings. Check a few of these older threads out. http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f5/den...-alert-414011/ http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f5/any...hd2000-467532/ http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f5/rec...-d2000-458354/...

Thanks for the impressions but shouldn't this be in the dedicated source forum?

So you preferred the G08 sound to the Bel Canto? Are there any DAC's that use the G08 hardware without the CD transport portion?

I thought the EMU1212M used the higher quality DACs like those found on the 1820m model.

I would love to hear more about the 2.0 model myself. Can't wait to hear your own impressions when you receive it.

Upped my order to 5 cords and sent money, thanks.

Do any sound cards have XLR digital outputs that don't cost over 1k? I have seen plenty with XLR analog outputs but never a digital XLR.

This may have been posted before, but don't know for sure so thought I would share. I recently purchased a DRM protected CD that would only let me rip the cd via WMA format when using a Windows OS. When trying to rip it using standard tools (EAC, Plextools) the song would appear to rip ok but...

I would be in for 3.

I would assume you are looking for Dolby headphone for use with movies and not games, correct?

I would be interested in how they compare to the Senn 650's. I currently own a pair of those and would also be interested in obtaining a set of 595's if the sound was different enough.

Quote: Originally Posted by Glassman there's someone working on upgrade modules for universal players which will enable S/PDIF output at full resolution for all formats - CDDA, SACD, DVD-A.. all you'll need is some decent universal player (ie. Pioneer 563A) paired with some high end DAC...

I don't know much about audio electronics on the PCB level but it really doesn't seem like it should be that hard. The audio is sent digitally to the DAC, so if you take that digital information and send it through a digital transmitter instead, you should have yourself a stereo DVD-A signal. If...

No one has any thoughts on this?

I know that on any device capable of DVD-A playback, the digital outputs are disabled or will only output the lower resolution audio track due to copy protection enforcement. I did a search through the forum and did find some talk of re-routing the digital audio inside a DVD-A player to a...

I don't think this would be a profitable endeavor. By integrating the DAC and AMP into the computer you would render both un-upgradeable to some degree. Besides that, you would have a very large problem with power. The power supplies that run things like DAC's and Amps are usually designed to...

You just take resampler out of the active DSP list in the Foobar preferences. Also, the ASIO session setting should be 44.1,not 48.

Since that DAC resamples anyways I'm not sure if there are any advantages to resampling in foobar first up to 96000. I don't have a lot of experience with external DACs though so maybe someone with a little more knowledge in that area can chime in about that. The EMU session basically controls...

I use APE just because it was easier for me to get working with Plextools when ripping cd's.

You could always get a cheaper sound card (AV-710), use it's internal cd connections, then run digital out from it into the EMU. That should keep the signal digital until it hits the EMU. Quite a bit of work to get this done, is the cd-audio for this one program really that important?

I believe they would all compare about the same when it comes to CPU utilization. I prefer the Revo's drivers over the Chaintech's and Prodigy's when it comes to features and ease of use. If you will just be doing some 2 channel speaker/headphone gaming then pick up the Chaintech and save some...

You don't need anything more than headphones to perform a proper test. EAX is not the same thing as multi-channel audio. If the digital out will output EAX then you should be getting EAX effects in your games with just your headphones. Quote: Originally Posted by kalzone dixie, i...

Quote: Originally Posted by kalzone someone with a 4.1 (or better) speaker setup and a digital out connection should do some testing to resolve this matter once and for all. i don't care what creative says. they're smoking something, that's for sure! i have a emu 1212m with an audigy 2...

Quote: Originally Posted by Rempert It would probably be worth the hassle to use a splitter or even make the switch manually for long gaming sessions. It's bad enough that Creative is forcing you to use their DAC, but having to then go through both ADC and DAC on the other card will...