Posts by PaulWog

Hi, I've got a respectable hi-fi stereo setup. My speakers are a pair of Kef Q-300's, I have a Marantz PM-6004 stereo amplifier, and I'm using a DacMagic Plus as my DAC. I am usually about 1.75 - 2.5 feet from my speakers, which are...

Quote:Originally Posted by Devildog83 Is the test running with compressed or non compressed data? If it's non compressed it will read somewhat slower than what it's max rated for. I'm not sure. This is Samsung SSD Magician: I would...

I've been using the Samsung SSD Magician to benchmark my Samsung 840 256GB Pro, and the IOPS performance is something like 2/3 of what it's supposed to be. The Sequential Read & Sequential Write speeds are within acceptable parameters...

Quote:Originally Posted by ramicio Motherboard optical is fine for a transport granted you can get bit-perfect output.Quote:Originally Posted by HybridCore This. Original signal is original. You don't need to fork out some more...

Mindful criticisms and informed opinions are entirely welcomed. I will respond to a couple of the responses above when I get some time to: I don't know absolutely everything since I'm no electrical engineer... nor am I an audio expert....

Here's the lowdown of the blind test: The system was set out on a mock living room setup (sort-of), but it was easy to access everything. There was a DAC and the Marantz PM-6004 and PM-8004 all set up, as well as a couple DACS. So we...

Quote:Originally Posted by HybridCore Unless it can somehow modify the signal that's going through in terms of sound, it shouldn't be different as far as I know. The testing was blind testing. Anyway, it does matter how the cable...

Quote:Originally Posted by subnet Analogue, yes maybe (depends on your ears) but digital, hell no. Your comment is so irrelevant it hurts... We're not talking about digital.

Quote:Originally Posted by chinesekiwi '- Kimber Kable PBJ 1-metre RCA cable - Why not just get a cheaper RCA cable? Does the same thing.... RCA cable quality matters. I demoed a system with similarly-priced speakers (Monitor Audio...

Quote:Originally Posted by gsa700 Maybe I'm dumb but why do you need a DAC at all? Cannot the digital outputs found on many motherboards and sound cards feed the digital signal to an AV receiver? My G5 power mac could do that via...