I suspect that JA is the only one who may have measurements of this, but has anyone seen any comparison of jitter/noise from a USB DAC vs. just taking the optical out that's been on the back of Apple Macs for about 5 years and running that into a DAC? I know optical isn't the best digital connector, but it seems to me that it almost has to be better than USB, with its low bandwidth.

Lionel

More often than not (IME, AEBE), equipment reviews in Stereophile are, generally speaking, sparse in photographic content and/or in use of non-stock photos/images. Rarest are inside (under-the-cover) views of myriad indiv. products. [Note that I'm not referring to information graphics, such as graphs and charts; the exceptions here (unfortunately) may be certain schematics, (pseudo)code, block diagrams, etc.]

Hello all,

I am looking to get some advise and a question or two answered
let me start this off with what I'm doing right now I currently have a Denon AVR-789 hooked to Klipsch KG 3.2(Fronts),Klipsch C-2(Synergy Center) and a Klipsch RPW-10 sub, I love this set up for my movies but thats not why I am here, I want to set up a stereo just for music, right now I have a cheap Aiwa reciever hooked t some Boston CR85 bookshelfs in my listing space and I find myself urning for something more.

What a great music video of remarkable jazz players, including my fav, Michel Camilo. The audio is just as excellent as the player. A steal off Deep Discount. To listen to Michel is wonderful, but to watch his hands move at the speed of light is amazing.

This one will get many playings and viewings. Wonderful 2.0 off my Triangle Cometes. English subtitles, but who cares when the music is this great.

Anyone hear anything about this scheme? I hadn't. The government is not increasing taxes here, just taking more in withholding, for ALL income levels.

The feds are taking more money every payday and no one knows anything about it...

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Congress Tinkers with Withholding Tax Tables for 2010

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am looking for a soundsystem for my bedroom pc. my budget is about

J. Gordon Holt's recent article focuses primarily on the inexactitude of spindle holes and chassis cover screws and such. I would like to focus briefly on his paragraph concerning digital playback and the presumption of its perfectness.

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Digital Bigots
I don't care whether you like digital sound or not. That's your business. But don't try and tell me you can hear all those little bits or samples or error corrections until it has been proven to me that those things are actually audible, and that the imperfections we hear are not

I have a Mark Levinson no:28 pre-amp which was purchased recently apart from Levinson amplification what other power amps mono blocks etc can be matched with this pre-amp? I realise this unit is quite old but it's the first piece of Levinson kit I could afford.