[germay0653]

Great story dan.gheorghe and very entertaining.  Love the hi-def images! 

  I know what you mean with cost of this hobby.  My wallet screams at me all the time and I'm not a young puppy anymore so it has many of scars but oh, what joy it gives to my ears and spirit.  That's really what it's all about after all and that's priceless.

 

[jm1122]

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Here are my impressions on the Conductor and if you want to read my full story here.

 Hey Dan really enjoying your blog journey.  My experience with the Conductor and the LCD-3s were almost identical.  Also agree with the long breaking in process.  It seemed like mine took 2 weeks - a month for it to be fully broken in.

 

[dan.gheorghe]

Thank you guys! Glad you like it! 

 

[jm1122]

Quick question.
 
Suppose my new motherboard has a SPDIF Coaxial connection and obviously USB.  Which is optimal/recommended to use with the Conductor as far as quality of sound?
 
I know the Tenor chip supports Asynchronous but is it worth it to bypass that along with the sometimes problematic drivers to get a higher bitrate?

 

[DarKu]

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Quick question.
 
Suppose my new motherboard has a SPDIF Coaxial connection and obviously USB.  Which is optimal/recommended to use with the Conductor as far as quality of sound?
 
I know the Tenor chip supports Asynchronous but is it worth it to bypass that along with the sometimes problematic drivers to get a higher bitrate?

In your case go for USB.
Why ? Because all PCs have very noisy coax/optical output and USB of your Conductor will sound better. People use coax only if they have a good or very good transport (CD player, Hi-face or any other SPDIF interface).
My PC also has coax and optic output, but both sound horrible connected to any DAC.
 
My Conductor is getting better and better, i think only now it has been settled down, as music now is very relaxing and dynamic in the same time, very easy to listen and enjoy.

 

[jm1122]

Thanks for the quick response - much appreciated!

 

[fabio-fi]

FYI all conductor owners, Burson has released new drivers for win8:
 
https://www.facebook.com/BursonAudio/posts/398282320265591

 

[germay0653]

Finally!  I've been waiting for this since I got my Conductor. 

 

[fabio-fi]

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Finally!  I've been waiting for this since I got my Conductor. 

 
You have a long night to try it. 

 

[dan.gheorghe]

I for one, had windows 8 when I received it. I was so happy...but when I plugged it in..I realized it doesn't work in windows 8. I was so excited that I reinstalled win 7 , and actually because I was hasty, I lost some work stuff ) . I then realized the differences between w7 and w8. I can't wait to install w8 this w/e

I have a question for you guys. If you try to watch a movie with conductor as playback device, do you happen to get random artefacts in the sound? 

 

[driver 8]

I never have.  Maybe you have a really old/bad codec pack?

 

[dan.gheorghe]

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I never have.  Maybe you have a really old/bad codec pack?

I tried both VLC and Gom players which have codecs included. It is the same on both.
 
 
I will install Windows 8 again this w/e to see if I have any improvements.

 

[jm1122]

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I have a question for you guys. If you try to watch a movie with conductor as playback device, do you happen to get random artefacts in the sound? 

 
I play games and watch movies daily and they sounds great with my LCD-3s

 
Make sure your movie is high quality like a DVD or Bluray as the source.  If it's a bad or low quality rip, the audio can sound like it has some static and/or distortion.

 

[germay0653]

Still testing with JPLAY...since it's a VERY low latency player I'm having to adjust JPLAY buffer sampling sizes for the different sampling rates...stay tuned as I'm trying to find the settings that work for my setup.

 

[WALL-E]

How much you need to turn the knob on yours conductors guys to get the decent (normal listening) volume level with HE-500 and gain on H, playing music through usb?