GUEST REVIEW & MEASUREMENTS: The Dr. Frank's "Best-Coaxial-Digital"™ SPDIF Cable.

By Keaton I. Goulden-Eyre III, Esq.Two months ago, I had the good fortune to meet my independently wealthy friend Stephen at the local smoking lounge where 'the men' gathered to speak of recent developments in politics, finances, and what ails the common man. He mentioned that on a business trip to Yangon last year, he took a day off and was warmly received by representatives of Dr. Frankenstein's Audio Immersion Labs (FAIL) for a tour of a new manufacturing...

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MEASUREMENTS: USB Cables for Audio DACs. [2013-06-18 UPDATE]

Up to this point, as you've seen in my measurements, I have been using standard generic shielded cables for analogue and digital. As you likely also know - if you've been involved in "high end" audio for awhile - there are few issues as contentious as whether expensive cables are necessary or if they even make a difference!I've generally steered clear of this "debate" over the years because inevitably, these discussions with friends or forum threads...

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MEASUREMENTS: Laptop Audio Survey - Apple MacBook Pros, Acer Aspire, ASUS Taichi...

Now that the asynchronous CM6631A USB to SPDIF device works well on the Mac with full access to sample rates after removing that reset chip, let's have a look at a few of the laptops I have around here - how the internal DAC's measure and compare this to the effect of disparate hardware on adaptive USB and asynchronous USB DAC's. First up, let me introduce you to the laptops I'll be testing:1. Early-2008 17" MacBook Pro (MBP):     CPU:...

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