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Stereolink rules

I purchased a stereolink 1200 granite a couple of weeks ago and I've noticed no more background noise, more overall dynamics and a better presence than the Soundblaster Live Value card I was using beforehand for the longest time. This is a worthy investment and you can also use your cd-rw drive to play cd's back through the 1200 and they sound as good as any good hi-fi cd player I've heard to date. I was skeptical upon purchasing and after listening now for many hours I can say it is a "audiophile" peice of gear that any true 2 channel audiophile that listens to mp3's must have in his/her collection.

Only wished the constructions of the unit was made of metal and not plastic! The supplied cables are great and they also include ferrite chokes aroudn the cables to lessen any rfi.

Absolutely no problems with the USB and running many programs while using the unit, it does not hiccup or skipp.
asi_tek
kaxixi
1 posts
 
I agree. Ever since I bought the stereolink, my CD player has been collecting dust. I used iTunes to compress my CD collection into AAC files that would fit on my laptop's hard-drive. At some point I did A-B tests on AAC files to compare them with uncpressed AIFF files, and, since I couldn't tell the difference on most tracks, I figured they were good enough for now.

powerbook->stereolink->Two bridged Rotel 970bx's->NHT superzeros and passive sub.
edesilva
768 posts
 
I gave away my stereolink and picked up a sub-$100 Edirol UA-1D, a USB dongle with a coax s/pdif output. Sound is much better than with the stereolink. I keep thinking about some of the higher end digital output cards, but this works well, its bullet proof with my XP system, and sounds good.

In answer to Sean, I run the digital output into the stereo in my study, which is a Theta Pro Basic IIIA DAC, an ARC LS16 mk II pre, a pair of ARC D240 mk IIs bridged to mono, and a pair of ProAc RS2s. I just added a VPI Scout/JMW-9 with a Grado cart/phono stage, and seem to be spending more time playing with that, however. :)
shasta
155 posts
 
Sigh. Yet another product no longer available (the Stereo Link). Why do they keep the WebSite running??
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