Hi Peter,

Thanks for your answers. I read them a couple of times & I think I got the clue. Fact is, it is tough material to get a grip on.

After ripping a few more Cd's I managed to get the latency figures slightly down, thanks to the socalled Spike Tool that came with the TC software. It went down from 2,7 - 2,9 to 1,5 ms. I also shut down some things in Vista.
Soon I''ll dowload the Demo XXHigh End player, because my goal is to get the best. With the current settings & Foobar I got reasonable soundquality. However since I´m kind of spoiled as well, standard 44kHz Flac files are not being played at the level my Theta does. Hi Rez sounds quiet good though!

The great advantage of Foobar is that it is rather easy to get up and running. You don´t need much know how and experience. But, as mentioned earlier, my goal is to get the highest quality which means XXHighEnd 
Let´s hope I´ll manage to get it up and running as well, since I´m kind of new in this field of expertise.

Happy Easter everyone!


Remco.

Hello Peter, others,

A couple of days back I received my TC-Electronic firewire interface. After some very frustrating days, I finally managed to get the drivers installed. It appears you have to be half a programmer to get this fixed properly. Also Vista does not really help here.

Nervertheless it seems to work now. My initial experiences with this device (in direct monitoring mode) & Foobar (kernel streaming) are very good! All the various sa mple rates are being handled as they should. No drop outs, spikes etc. etc. (I turned off all running sofware, e.g. virusscanners, spybotS&D, wireless LAN, etc.) The buffer(?) setting in Foobar is 1000. The settings in the TC Near software : direct monitoring mode, normal (buffering) mode, 128 samples. I think this is a small buffer setting.

This brought a Latency figure at 176,4 kHz of 2,8 ms.

Is this good or bad?

Can you please explain (in plain language please)?

Cheers,

Remco. 

 

Well, lets hope the Konnekt won't be disappointing (too much) anyway. I know what you mean, I'm kind of spoiled too. My SACD/CD/DVD-A/DVD-V player is a Theta Compli amplified by Pass amplification. So I know how good digital can sound. Do you know what kind of DAC Theta used in this machine? I never figured that one out. 

On the other hand, I've got a Linn LP-12 as well. Its no match for anything digital I heard so far. 

For now, lets wait until the Konnekt arrives so I can play a bit. As soon as I have some experience with the device, I'll go for XXHighEnd.

Cheers,

Remco.

Hi Peter,

No problem, I can appreciate your honesty.

What would you've bought instead for max. 200 Euro's? A USB device not Fire Wire I suppose, or a PCI device?

I was saving up for an Apogee Mini DAC, however other priorities came along 

Remco.

Hi Peter,

Thanks for your response. The main reason why I bought the konnekt was the fact it is getting very good reviews & market response. Also it price helped a lot
;-)

As far as I understood the AKM DAC it uses is also being found in higher end DAC's from both TC & other brands.

Are you familiar with the Konnekt series or the AKM devices? My only use for it by the way, will be playing back Hirez from my Laptop via a Balanced connection with my Pass Labs pre-amp. So no worries about recording & mixing.

Best regards,

Remco.

Hi there,

First reply by myself 

Being a serious audiophile for years now & after listening to several power conditioners, I settled for PS-Audio. Their products are really something special. They really bring improvement. They have both active & passive devices. Just try them & see if you like them.

Cheers,

Remco.

Hello people,

Just a small question from a new guy.

Bought the TC Electronic Konnekt 6 Fire Wire interface incl. software package.

Currently I'm using Foobar as one of my players. My goal is to play Hirez audio through my Laptop (Acer Travelmate 7520) & Konnekt 6.

Is XXHigh End compatible with my setup? If yes, how to get the best out of my setup & how to proceed from here.

All feedback is welcome.

Dutch replies zijn geen probleem!

Thanks!

Remco.