Llewelyn: Alex: wonderfulelectric: Well then so I guess you disagree that a good vinyl/mastertape will sound better than a DVD then. Vinyl is technically inferior to DVD Vinyl and digital media both have their merits, but I would argue that vinyl is actually technically superior since it produces a pure analogue wave and digital by its very nature is

My my Bieele. You must be some strong person to have not jump into the LCD/Plasma bandwagon especially since almost everyone is promoting them.

Puncher: wonderfulelectric: Upsampling is simply used to make the life of the D/A easier and also push as much of the high frequency noise away from the cds bandwidth thereby minimizing the effects of the digital filter that will be employed to remove that noise. I was under the impression that this process was called over sampling and is achieved by

Ermm.. No maybe we should ask an expert. Besides didn't I already mention that I am using the digital output from the Olive? It wouldn't make any sense for the Olive to output upsampled or manipulated data through it's digital output. I mean seriously... think about it. Signal level as what you are referring to occurs mainly in analogue

huh? That is not boosting the signal, it is simply upsampling and has nothing to do with upping the db or amplitude. Upsampling is simply used to make the life of the D/A easier and also push as much of the high frequency noise away from the cds bandwidth thereby minimizing the effects of the digital filter that will be employed to remove that noise

OMG. Supercool teaser. Love the color swirls. The music is okay, very typical stylish pre-party music.

But it will be upsampling or something and not boosting the output level. Frankly, I don't know what soundproof is talking about " the boosting of output level by 6db". Don't even think it is possible. Besides, upsampling does not really modify the sound much and especially not if it's just one bit.

RussR: And there goes the idyllic, constructive atmosphere John was so enamored with! BTW, welcome home John. If true about the Olive, then I have no doubt, that psychoaccoustically a 6db bump could be mispercieved as an improvement in quality. In the old days of analog tuners broadcast engineers regularly, intentionally overdrove their audio signals

Oh well... I guess I phrased it wrong. I was curious about your mac mini setup as in are you just using a mac mini and why cos like it has got such a teeny hard drive. And I was just injecting some humor into my post. It still puzzles me as to why people use a mac mini instead of an Imac cos it doesn't give you value for money since you have to

I c I c. So which do you prefer? Vinyl or Cd? Cds definitely have an advantage over Vinyls and that is in the area of convenience and access. BTW has anyone in this forum had a chance of listening to a mastertape? I wonder what is it like.