Winamp for mac 10.612/24/2023 The same interlink was used into the same preamp inputs. The same goes for the USB cable (Transparent). In all cases the same digital coaxial cable (Wireworld Gold Starlight III+) was used and was swapped bewteen EVO, Ayre and EMU. FLAC conversion and playback was also tested but is discussed in another section below. This means using kernel streaming if available. Playback was always in native samplerate, no upsampling used, and always using Wave Out (not Directsound) with the most direct route in the playback app’s settings. I took Lossless audio out of the equation because of my preference for WAV/AIFF. Also used in a later stage were various 24/96 LP recordings that I had made myself. Music consisted of 4 carefully selected WAV files, ripped from CD with iTunes, then copied via the network to the PC. On top of the PC is the HiFace EVo as well as the Arcam rDAC. The PC is pretty much up to date and has very decent specs (Intel 2 core 6600, 2,4GHZ, 4GB Ram, XP SP3). And trust me, highend it is! At various aspects it even trumps my trusty Mark Levinson no.360S DAC!Ībove: The PC housing the EMU1212M PCI soundcard from which I use the s/pdif output. Unlike the EVO, the Ayre is not only an interface but a highend DAC too. I used coaxial s/pdif using a Wireworld Gold Starlight III+ digital coaxial cable that was connected to a ML 360S DAC.Ībove: Ayre QB-9 USB DAC on top of a Levinson 390S CD player. There are more connections on the other side. This little gem takes in USB in and spits out audio using all interfaces known to man. Second using a Transparent USB cable into the EVO, rDAC and Ayre QB-9.Ībove: M2Tech HiFace EVO USB interface. First using a premium quality toslink optical cable. If you want to read more about fileformats and want to know why applications matter, please see Computer audio part 2.Ībove The Macbook was connected in two ways. S/Pdif in toslink form straight into the Mark Levinson no360S dac USB straight to the Arcam rDAC (bypassing the Levinson) USB straight to the Ayre QB-9 USB DAC (bypassing the Levinson) USB into the M2Tech HiFace EVO interface, then s/pdif to the ML DAC. S/Pdif out from the EMU1212M PCI soundcard to the ML no360S dac The audio was taken out of the computers in three different manners: I used toslink, s/pdif coaxial and USB for data transfer. In order to get audio out of these computers, I used all methods that I had at hand, both internal PCI card and external interfaces. So, I used both a Macbook Pro and a full size PC running Windows XP. This report is neccesarily a little lengthy and possibly even confusing but I’ll try and make this matter as clear and understandable as possible. Not only did I compare Mac to PC but also many different playback applications on either platform as well as a two sound enhancement add-ons for iTunes named Amarra and Pure Music. The above picture looks very cozy but this really was one majorly exhausing test. Mac compared to PC, two iTunes sound enhancements and a range of DA-converters and USB interfaces
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