New member to the family?

BakedWafer
BakedWafer Posts: 48
edited December 2004 in Electronics
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New member to the family.
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  • del44
    del44 Posts: 686
    edited December 2004
    Bakedwafer, Beautiful. I sure hope it has a twin brother:D
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  • okiepolkie
    okiepolkie Posts: 2,258
    edited December 2004
    nice
    Tschüss
    Zach
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  • BakedWafer
    BakedWafer Posts: 48
    edited December 2004
    Originally posted by del44
    Bakedwafer, Beautiful. I sure hope it has a twin brother:D

    Indeed it does. I am going to post some actual pictures tomorrow. :) I am still working on a lot of upgrades but they sound so good. Now what to do with my Polk RT2000P?

    Actually, I have a question. What would the best way to get Digital out from my PC?

    Regards
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited December 2004
    Originally posted by BakedWafer
    Actually, I have a question. What would the best way to get Digital out from my PC?

    Regards

    Not for those I hope. :eek:

    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • BakedWafer
    BakedWafer Posts: 48
    edited December 2004
    Originally posted by madmax
    Not for those I hope. :eek:

    madmax

    Well I have CD's but sometimes I don't want to deal with switching CD's and what not so I use MCE.

    Regards
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  • BakedWafer
    BakedWafer Posts: 48
    edited December 2004
    The digital is hooked up from my PC. Used a 1/8" to RCA mono plug to get the digital there. Sounds very close to CD quality. Just not as much spaciousness.

    Regards
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited December 2004
    Just be careful you don't have a nasty burp of the computer system with the amplifier turned up too far. :)
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • Teejai
    Teejai Posts: 43
    edited December 2004
    Originally posted by BakedWafer
    The digital is hooked up from my PC. Used a 1/8" to RCA mono plug to get the digital there. Sounds very close to CD quality. Just not as much spaciousness.

    Regards

    What kind of sound card are you using? Creative Laps Audigy line should have a digital out or there is also M-Audio's pro line which has both digital coax and optical out.
    Yamaha RX-V661
    RTi6
    CSi5
    FXi3
    PSW303
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  • BakedWafer
    BakedWafer Posts: 48
    edited December 2004
    Well, the soundblaster live (which I have) 24 bit does 24/96 from an 1/8" output. I convert it over to RCA with an adapter and it sounds like CD quality, or so I think. :p


    Regards
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  • BakedWafer
    BakedWafer Posts: 48
    edited December 2004
    Actual Pic :)Picture%20001.jpg
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  • BakedWafer
    BakedWafer Posts: 48
    edited December 2004
    Originally posted by Zero
    Nice red-box.

    I would advise you to invest in a good sound-card to compliment your new slew of purchases. The E-Mu 1212M ($200) or the model 99 ($100) are FANTASTIC cards that stomp the sin outta Sound-blaster / M-Audio / economy cards. You will have the choice of running analog out (via: 1/4th plug to rca), digital, or fiber optic. For a lot more money, you can step into the ranks with RME and LYNX.

    I would then run and get EAC, a very fine ripping program to burn cd's with.

    After thats done, go get FooBar2000, a wonderful audio program that is your one stop stereo processor/EQ.

    This will put you where CD players SHOULD.....

    Congrats on the great speakers - get the good source going and you will see what they are *really* capable of.

    Cheers,

    Sean

    Thanks a lot Sean. There is a lot on the list as far as upgrades. First I can get a Lexicon MC-1 and McIntosh 7205 for 1,300. I am working on the deal right now. I am also looking at an B+W HTM1 for around 400 dollars. That will tap me out for a month or so, then I can eye the audio card you just mentioned. Do you really think there could be a significant difference between my current card and the cards you mentioned?

    Regards,
    Jason
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