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Looking at the spec on the Apogee Element 24 it appears that it only works with Apple. I have a NuWave Phono Converter that I am trying to replace - as it has died. Any thoughts about ADACs and PCs? Thanks

Has anyone had experience with R8Brain? I have tried to find an existing thread on this topic and have failed. I am using the JRiver-JPlay combination and using R8Brain to up-sample. There is a marked improvement in sound with up-sampling, but (1) the metadata is altered - loosing the album title etc, (2) R8Brain alphabetizes the cuts thus getting them out of order and (3) the album cover is no longer associated with the tracks. Thanks,

Thanks for the note. I will keep reading here and find the Wiki.

Thanks for the note samtheman57. On the strength of the articles since January I have purchased a new Dell with a terabyte HD and lots of RAM.<br /> To that I installed JRiver - then JPlay and then r8brain. To get it to run I got a Benchmark DAC1 PRE. I am not with the system as much as I would like and have had challenges making all this new stuff work at the same time. I am convinced that the up-sampling with r8brain is worth it. The next article in TAS is supposed to coagulate all their recommendations.<br /> <br /> The reason for all this was to make the CDs sound as good as possible and possibly better than in their Red Book configuration.

I am surprised that no one mentioned the detailed analysis found in The Absolute Sound December 2011, and January and February 2012 (with final installment due this month). I am new to this computer audiophile thing, but the article sounds like the reviewers tried to be objective and detailed in their reporting. There was lots of interesting stuff, like the best speed to rip CDs to the hard drive on JRiver is 2x. I would love to hear others opinions on these articles.