Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best place to see my Benchmark DAC1

2010-11-10 Thread tomjtx
JJZolx;588378 Wrote: Audiogon may be the place with the most traffic, but the way the site is operated rubs a lot of people the wrong way. Shady. I'll never use it again to sell anything and would never trust a dealer who lists anything there. eBay obviously gets a lot of traffic. I'm

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best place to see my Benchmark DAC1

2010-11-10 Thread cliveb
Bearing in mind that I'm talking about eBay in the UK rather than the US... Auctions work fine. I've sold plenty of items (audio and otherwise) through auctions and not had a problem. There really are people out there prepared to take a risk and buy fairly high-value gear on eBay. (I wouldn't

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Creating correction filter (DRC) with Align

2010-11-10 Thread Vanderham
Thanks to the help of people of Solostatic; The download version of Align on the website has changed, although the version numer mentioned remained the same. Strange... They have send me the original (old one) wich is wat i needed. -- Vanderham

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Best place to see my Benchmark DAC1

2010-11-10 Thread Pat Farrell
On 11/10/2010 02:46 AM, JJZolx wrote: eBay obviously gets a lot of traffic. I'm not sure why the BIN sales or the new gear should be a concern. Well, to me the worthless BIN are indications that folks are not using auctions. To me, the BIN puts private sellers at a disadvantage. I've only got

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] iPod out vs Touch's RCA jacks?

2010-11-10 Thread trinkner
Hi folks, I might be tempting fate here, posting in the Audiophile forum, but here goes. I'm considering buying a Touch. Currently all my music is ripped in either 160kbs mp3 format or Apple Lossless. All my classical is in Apple Lossless format. I have a nice receiver and nice speakers, but

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] iPod out vs Touch's RCA jacks?

2010-11-10 Thread pippin
There is no system that will make 160kbps mp3 sound good. Now lossless, that's a different story -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote and *New: iPeng for iPad*, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] iPod out vs Touch's RCA jacks?

2010-11-10 Thread eeagle
The AKM4420 DAC in the Touch should sound better than the decoding in your iPod...most reviewers are very positive about the Touch DAC. That said, DAC sound is very subjective and many run an external DAC of their choice with the Touch (don't believe you have a choice w/iPod). If it were me, I

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] iPod out vs Touch's RCA jacks?

2010-11-10 Thread Kal Rubinson
eeagle;588592 Wrote: That said, DAC sound is very subjective and many run an external DAC of their choice with the Touch (don't believe you have a choice w/iPod).You do but most such are pricey. -- Kal Rubinson Kal

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Transporter vs Cambridge DacMagic

2010-11-10 Thread eeagle
You may find this link worth reading. It convinced me to go with a Touch rather than a Transporter (which is no longer in production). http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl1246278090openfrom14#1 -- eeagle