Julian, Glad you got it sorted, was just about to mention I tried my coax digital out into a pc and it worked fine. However, it seems we both suffered a corruption in the Xilinx CPLD, though mine was completely dead until I reprogrammed it - no playback whatsoever.
Sithuk, I did a very quick comparison with the WNA mkII vs the direct headphone out on the squeezebox. Suffice to say the WNA does improve things. More clarity, deeper bass. It's audible, but not night and day. If I were you I'd get the squeezebox first (assuming you're set on one), and then try to audition a headphone amp with it, even if its not one you intend to buy, at least you should get an idea of the improvements on offer. I'd also recommend trying the headphones out before you get them - at least for fit and comfort if nothing else. With regards to trying out the digital out - I've just spent around 30 min switching back and forth between the squeezebox line out, squeezebox digital out into an emu-0404 sound card, and emu-0404 on its own, and I'm not sure there's any real difference between them. Actually, I'm now thinking the 0404 driven by the squeezebox has a very slight edge. My tiredness could be inventing things though... Oh, I should mention I've bypassed the output caps on the 0404. -- bludragon _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
