PC to 7520 info required

[The Vinyl Adventure]

with my 7520 soon to be on its way to me im getting my self prepared. i have got a lot of my music on my pc in flac format and i will be connecting it to the 7520 via the usb.
my question is, what would be a recomended player to play the music, and are there any settings that i should know about on the pc?

[StanleyB]

my question is, what would be a recommended player to play the music, and are there any settings that i should know about on the pc?
I prefer a Sony Vaio as source, and an AKG K701 as transducer...

[The Vinyl Adventure]

i have a sony vaio, but what softwere should i use to playthe music

[StanleyB]

Media Monkey is my first choice.
http://www.mediamonkey.com/

[Krisbee]

Guessing your using Windows on your laptop (XP or Vista?), then you should look into ASIO for XP of WASAPI for Vista.

These refs will get you started:

http://whathifi.com/forums/131545/ShowThread.aspx#131545

http://whathifi.com/forums/t/130557.aspx

http://whathifi.com/forums/t/211421.aspx

http://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/index.php/ASIO_Output_Plugins

http://www.aqvox.de/Asio-USB-Audio-installation-e.htm

If you use MAC OS or Linux (like me) you don't need any ASIO USB Audio drivers!

[kbuech]

Try upgrading your USB cable used to connect the 7520.

Here's one tip I can give you, if you intend to connect your PC to the 7520 via usb cable:

I know digits are digits, and USB uses a "handshake" to confirm data is sent. NEVERTHELESS, I changed a perfectly fine standard USB cable for a U.S. $30 Belkin Gold Series USB Shielded 2.0 cable, which is well-shielded, 20 AWG wire, that has gold-plated connectors and is yet very flexible .

Hooked the A end up to my Mac computer , and the B end to my Beresford TC-7520. My Lord. What a difference. It is much more easy to listen to at higher volume without any strain. Notes are richer, and it is easier to pick-out the musicians in the soundstage. Things sound effortless now, and must have been a bit strained/distorted with the standard cable.

Voodoo? I'll trust my own ears.

Cheapest darn upgrade yet for me.

YMMV.

Kurt

[Dougr33]

I'm going to give that a try.. and they're $9 plus shipping on NewEgg.


Try upgrading your USB cable used to connect the 7520.

Here's one tip I can give you, if you intend to connect your PC to the 7520 via usb cable:

I know digits are digits, and USB uses a "handshake" to confirm data is sent. NEVERTHELESS, I changed a perfectly fine standard USB cable for a U.S. $30 Belkin Gold Series USB Shielded 2.0 cable, which is well-shielded, 20 AWG wire, that has gold-plated connectors and is yet very flexible .

Hooked the A end up to my Mac computer , and the B end to my Beresford TC-7520. My Lord. What a difference. It is much more easy to listen to at higher volume without any strain. Notes are richer, and it is easier to pick-out the musicians in the soundstage. Things sound effortless now, and must have been a bit strained/distorted with the standard cable.

Voodoo? I'll trust my own ears.

Cheapest darn upgrade yet for me.

YMMV.

Kurt

[The Vinyl Adventure]

cheers chris, theres a wealth of info for me to wade through there, and i think i have come acros some of the things people talk about in the various forums so fingerscrossed i should be able to make good things happen

[snowflake]

If you're on the Windows platform, I would highly suggest using foobar as the program to play your FLAC files. it has native support for FLAC files (http://www.foobar2000.org/)

Use the ASIO plugin as the output device as the output device in foobar
(http://www.foobar2000.org/files/a53aae14f8ddfada8278382c88df3750/foo_out_asio.zip)

Use ASIO4ALL to interface the 7520 to your USB
(http://www.asio4all.com/)

Takes a bit of knocking around before you'll get it to work, but you'll eventually get it.

Do a search for "bit perfect" in Google to find out about how to get the cleanest audio stream from your computer to your audio device.

[The Vinyl Adventure]

snowflake,
works perfect,
i really like foobar, its nice to see a program that just does the things you need and not loads of other crap
like a good hifi!
cheers

[theone999]

I use KM Player to play all my music and video. The KM Player plays every format under the sun and every functionality I can think of for audio and video and the quality is execellent. An added bonus of the KM Player is that it is compatible with plugins made for Winamp. For eg I currently have Graphical and Parametric EQ plugins running in real time for bass management / subwoofer intergration. You can find a plugin for almost anything too.

If you have Vista, then it's literally plug and forget regards to the 7520. Vista does everything automatically.