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Any opinions on the AMR Digital Processor 777 Dac?

I am wondering what users are thinking of this dac and if they have compared it to similarly priced units. I haven't seen much information or any professional reviews at this point and I am intrigued by it's functionality.
schw06
bpwalsh
1,207 posts
 
Yingtonggao, try J River Media Center. It costs $50 but is well worth it. The other thing you want to do is disable kmixer in XP or upgrade to Windows 7 if possible.

Running JRMC on Win 7 here, optimized, into the DP-777, with superb results.
yingtonggao
71 posts
 
Essentialaudio: Good to know "JRMC + Win 7" sounds good. I am not sure if I want to go with "JRMC + Win 7" or "Amarra + Mac mini". I am a PC person and not a Mac fan, but I like the convenience of iTunes too, does JRMC piggy back onto iTunes' interface? Does it support apple lossless format? My problem is I've copied all my CD into apple lossless.
audiofun
799 posts
 
Yinngtonggao: You seem to be having a lot of issues with your AMR/PC combination. I have not experienced any of the issues you have mentioned sans break-in issues. Perhaps you should try a Mac Mini with Pure Music. The USB sounded good right off the bat in the AMR. My Mac Mini going into the AMR was better than my Mac and Diverter HR with the HR feeding the VDi-HD spdif input. I noted that the USB was about burned in at about 72 hour mark. It is possible I guess that your PC has a lot of power supply noise on the USB output. I honestly did not expect the USB input to be as good as the HR.

On another note, I just purchased 2 Accurian (Halcyonics) Silencers (not delivered yet). I will post my impressions using it with the AMR :) Very excited!!!
yingtonggao
71 posts
 
Current status:
Transport --> AMR's BNC input = 9/10
Transport --> Dodson's BNC input = 8/10
PC --> Off-ramp 4 --> Dodson's BNC input = 8/10
PC --> Off-ramp 4 --> Benchmark DAC1's BNC input = 8/10
PC --> Benchmark DAC1's USB input = 7/10
PC --> AMR's USB input = 4/10
PC --> Off-ramp 4 --> AMR's BNC input = 5/10

I am not convinced it's the PC, and my PC sounds the same as my transport when Dodson DAC is used. My PC has been optimized over the years and I know the common tricks. Believe me, I've hear beautiful music from my previous PC-based setup and can still go back to it -- but then what's the point of buying AMR?

Maybe I should shut up for now until AMR's full break-in + Mac mini.
joncourage
185 posts
 
Can anyone compare the AMR to the Audio Note dac? I'm considering replacing my 2.1 with either a 3.1 or 4.1 LE, but this amr has piqued my interest.

I like the idea of possible replacing my integrated with an amp, probably the ayre v-5xe and going straight in.

Also, I currently use the ht bypass feature of my integrated with my home theater receiver, is there a way to accomplish that with the amr?
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