Peter,  Ok, I see that.  I guess my question is about the Mac/OSX driver and where I would find it here on the web site.  Not sure I want to move away from XXHighEnd, but it'd be good to know.

Thanks

Hi Peter, I run my Nos1a with a Windows 7 PC, but I also have a Mac around that I'm tempted to try instead.  Maybe I missed it, but I wasn't clear how a Mac driver would work under the new XXHighEnd.  I would be running Windows on Bootcamp and then have the Mac driver installed in the Bootcamp partition?
Thanks, Tim

New Windows version of JRiver has ability to route audio apps through JRiver, such as Spotify, Tidal etc.  I wondered if it would route XXHighEnd also to my NOS1a?

I am totally comfortable with XXH but my wife and kids find it baffling and being able to run JRiver would enhance family happiness.

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=92593.0
Quote:
"When you install MC 20.0.41 or higher, a WDM driver is also installed. 

In Windows Control Panel > Sound, you can set Media Center as the default device. 

This means Media Center will capture any output from any program.  It will capture the output to the active zone.  You're free to use any and all the DSP richness of Media Center on the stream."

David,
I just caught up with your message.  I live in Providence so perhaps not too far away?  I'm happy to meet some time.

Tim

Peter- not sure if you can answer this one. I go right from NOS1 to K&H active speakers so I can't test for a DC on the speaker out terminal as you post. Is there any way I can tell what will happen if I engage PA? Is there a safe way to tiptoe in, with lots of attenuation? Or nothing but cross my fingers?
Thanks!
Tim

Peter- now that I have the dongles... I plan to use my iPad for remote control once new XX is released.  Should I go out and order a Camera Connection Kit for one of the dongles, or will the iPad work just via its native BlueTooth?

Thanks!
Tim

I too appreciate all the time that Peter evidently takes to make XXHighEnd better.  I'm happy to pay for a new license. 

One idea: for a manual it might actually be better to have editors besides Peter. It's not only your English, Peter! It's that you're very close to the product and it would be good to have some of it written by users.  I wonder if there could be a wiki and/or Google/Dropbox set of documents that at least some users could edit and develop once 0.9z-7 is released.

If it is needed to top the order off, I can do 2 pairs (I was already down for 1).
Thanks,
Tim

Me too Peter for one pair!
Tim

I guess Peter doesn't put too much stock in USB cables improving sound, or we would have heard about it.  I have no direct experience with comparing high priced USB cables to regular ones, but I give the benefit of the doubt to experienced listeners who do claim a difference.  If the main benefit of better cables is to minimize contaminating the DAC with the PC power, then what about the Opticis fiber optic USB cable (mentioned in Computer Audiophile)? Complete galvanic isolation.  At that point, the only (??) computer influence left on the sound should be the RFI?

T

Peter,
I was wondering if you could go by pad to USB to the PC, with the pad acting like a terminal. Of course this would tether you to the computer, but you can get a long USB cable.

Thanks,
Tim

Hi All,

I wonder if some of you have tried a very compact (physically) way to control your PCs. The idea of a standard keyboard, mouse and monitor controlling my PC in the living room to play music doesn't appeal to me visually. I was thinking of using my iPad, but then I'd have to use wifi, which Peter doesn't endorse.  I was wondering if any of you have experience with a tablet or very small (touch-screen?) monitor that would look very inconspicuous, but have a wired connection to the music PC.
Thanks!
Tim

Thanks for the detailed explanation Peter.  I'm convinced that you're on to the right approach with the NOS 1.  I don't understand why so many "computer audiophiles" don't seem to want to take advantage of what a computer can do in the way of filtering prior to sending data to a dac.  Now I see from your explanation that the way iTunes and Audirvana do the upsampling is pretty different as far as capturing a steep transient.  I wasn't sure how much Audirvana just used the same SRC as iTunes and it seems like they're quite different.

Tim

Peter,

What do you think would be different between Audirvana, which uses Apple Core Audio and iTunes to make Audirvana so much better? 

Thanks!
Tim

Peter,
I'm not following the volume thing completely.  What happens if you play 24/96 through XXHighEnd with Arc Prediction into the NOS1?  Any problems on the HF when you attenuation using XX in that case?

Thanks!