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/Sh...ad.aspx#131545

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

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

http://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/inde...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/a53a...o_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