I prefer to rip on a PC You know what software you are using hence you are in control. As by design bitperfect reading of a CD is not guaranteed I would choose software supporting AccurateRip EAC is a good one but I do prefer dBpoweramp because of the internet dabases used. It’s Perfect meta data al...

Whatever the name of this GERÄT is, it is a streaming audio player. There are many of them form cheap to uber expensive. A couple are listed here: http://thewelltemperedcomputer.com/HW/DAP.htm If you can live without an interface on the box some dirt cheap solutions can be found here: http://thewell...

Ich möchte via Netzwerkanschluß aus dem mac Mini raus und in den Receiver rein. The "problem" with Ethernet/WiFi is you not only need a connection but a protocol as well to get this to work. Hence you must use Airplay or DLNA. You can use the receiver as a outboard DAC by connecting it to...

Netzwerklösung by design, that is what streaming is about. Next question, how to implement the streaming. Pioneers like Slimdevices (Squeezebox) implemented their own protocol (squeeze server). Today most manufacturers adhere to a open standard like UPnP or DLNA (includes UPnP). But of course one mi...

Hi Bernd Peter. DLNA doesn’t talk boxes, it talks functions. You have boxes (PC’s) able to perform all this functions. As streaming AV player is the one that does the playback, it performs the renderer function It might also have an interface, hence act as a control point. Indeed Wiedergabegeräten=r...

Hallo Vincent, wahrscheinlich ist der Begriff "Renderer" mehr verwirrend als nützlich für den normalen Endkonsumer, so daß er bei den Herstellern so gut wie nie verwendet wird. Aber korrekt dürfte "Renderer" sein, rein technisch betrachtet. Bernd Peter You're right, talking a bi...

What is in a name? In my book a proper streaming audio player is a renderer and a renderer only. You can’t rip, tag, etc. All it does is pulling data from a server and play it. This started originally with internet radio players like the original Squeeze by Slimdevices. A box with an interface, conn...

This is what is called a Music Server.
A PC most of the time dressed up as audio gear.
A couple more: http://thewelltemperedcomputer.com/HW/HD_players.html

XMOS und Mac OSX sind ohne Treiber mit einander verbunden, da kann dann auch nix falsch sein. The USB receiver is UAC2 compliant (USB Audio Class 2). This is a driver available in OSX and Linux. Hence there is a driver but you don't have to install one on these platforms. For Win there is a driver ...

A couple of links to tweak OSX can be find here: http://www.thewelltemperedcomputer.com/ ... Tweaks.htm

Don't expect to much!

Hiface (the first) uses proprietary drivers
Hiface2 is USB audio class 2 compliant, should work out of the box on OSX

Maybe this link is of use: http://www.whatsbestforum.com/showthrea ... DAC-Thread

Do bit identical files sound different? The answer is no. The information is identical, period. Can there be a difference in sound quality when identical files are stored on different media? Again the answer is no when it is about the bits. Bit flipping is a loud and clear phenomenon (pop, crackle, ...

Gute Software (Player) verwalten die Metadaten nicht in der Datei, sondern in einer intelligenten Datenbank, so z.B. JRiver. I’m afraid this is not true. JRiver like all other media players read the tags, the meta data as stored in the audio file. Almost all media players do have a database. This i...

Dan Bellity hat es auch mal einleuchtend und verständlich formuliert: 

We are sure that all the information content on the CD will be transferred to the computer hard drive or its network. The interpolations and the degradations that it causes don't exist anymore. 
 The information transmitted to ...

1 I’m afraid nobody can give a proper explanation. You might wonder if a cable makes a difference at all as long as it is manufactured in compliance with the standard. Instead of a audiophile grade USB cable I would prefer a USB 2 certified one. 2 XLR is most of all rock solid. A balanced signal rej...