I am still not clear on the ability of a Windows Media Player based music server to pass digital audio data without affecting the data in any way. Based on some of the posts to this forum I have disabled all equalizers, etc. on both WMP and the Realtek Audio Manager on my PC. But, WMP is set to use 24 bit audio. Under the Realtek Audio Manager S/PDIF output sampling rate is set to 96kHz and output source is set to digital. Can Windows still affect the digital data?

In the September issue, Fred Kaplan reviews the Krell Evolution 505 CD player.

Can someone explain to me in layman's terms how it is that a CD player can operate in a "current domain" vs a "voltage domain"?

My understanding that as per Ohm's law, Current is the function of Voltage divided by resistance. So, what's within the chain of the components that provides sufficient resistance as to make the signal flowing from one component to another a function of the "current" rather than typical voltage?

I just found out that a downloaded the new David Byrne & Brian Eno album, "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" is available for $8.99! The aqlbum is available as 320 kbps mp3 files but for the same price, it is also available as the mp3 files plus 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLACs! The "media bundle" package also comes with a hi-res album cover (1000 x 1000 pixels), and a PDF of lyrics and liner notes. Both the flac and mp3 file have tags, but you may want/need to edit the tags to conform your particular tagging scheme.

I would like to suggest the "General Rants N' Raves" forum be divided in to the "General" and the "Rants N' Raves" category's, for obvious reasons.

RG

Hi! I recently posted asking for advice about a system. I got a good deal on a pair of martin logan fresco i speakers a dynamo bass and a vignette speaker (both also martin logan) I am planning on using the vignette as a center speaker below the plasma and the two frescos on the sides. Can somebody recommended me the best possible amp or ht receiver? I said before that my budget was $2,000 but i am willing to go up to $3,000 if it can make a difference on performance. Also can somebody recommend me a some good cables.

In my opinion one of the best bands of the fusion era was Return To Forever. Chick Corea, Al DiMeola, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White were together what a lot of people refer to the "Beatles of Jazz". The first album I ever heard from them was Romantic Warrior which to this today is always in heavy rotation for me.

It makes me want to vomit whenever I read that term "toe-tapping," either in forums or reviews. It literally makes me cringe in intense aversion & hatred. Please share your least favorite audio cliches. PRAT? WAF?

What a find. I never knew that this place existed all this time I've lived in Upper West Side in NYC. (It's located on 72nd St. & Broadway; to the west of Broadway.) Perfect little gem of a used LP store. I couldn't believe how many records were packed into such a small space! They mainly do classical and jazz, very little or no rock. But for classical, at least, their selection was on par or better than Academy Records near Union Square. They had a VPI 17.5 there, and I suspect they do a pretty good job cleaning their records.