• Parasound HINT 6

    From Thomas Krueger@tjk@gentledarkness.com to rec.audio.high-end on Fri Nov 11 19:10:52 2022
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    Holy shorts, what a nice amp and DAC combo this is! Local store had one in stock and on sale as well. After about 6 hours it started to open up, and in a few days I am sure I will be even more blown away. Of course I emailed Richard, and there's something to say for a CEO who answers his company's email.
    But a separate question, since the HINT 6 is integrated, changing absolute phase is a pain in the butt. Is there software that can do it? I have a Mac.
    Thanks
    Tom
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  • From Tater@tater@san.rr.com to rec.audio.high-end on Sat Nov 12 10:08:53 2022
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    How would you connect your Mac to the amp? The only USB input is a
    digital input for the DAC section.

    On Fri, 11 Nov 2022 19:10:52 -0800 (PST), Thomas Krueger <tjk@gentledarkness.com> wrote:

    Holy shorts, what a nice amp and DAC combo this is! Local store had one in stock and on sale as well. After about 6 hours it started to open up, and in a few days I am sure I will be even more blown away. Of course I emailed Richard, and there's something to say for a CEO who answers his company's email.

    But a separate question, since the HINT 6 is integrated, changing absolute phase is a pain in the butt. Is there software that can do it? I have a Mac.

    Thanks

    Tom
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  • From Thomas Krueger@tjk@gentledarkness.com to rec.audio.high-end on Sun Nov 13 10:24:33 2022
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    I have a 4K Apple TV that feeds the Toshiba 4K TV and I take the optical digital out from the TV and feed the amp. So I would either need to use my Stax DAC-Talent (plan to sell it) or get my butt out of the chair and swap at the speakers.
    I suggested to Richard that the HINT 7 should have an absolute phase/polarity button and received "Hmmmm" in reply.
    Fortunately for me, at least 80% of my recordings are more right than not. I didn't switch often but it would be nice to have the ability to do so.
    Or at least re-encode the song. I've seen some software that can do it, but haven't gone farther than that, as of yet.
    Tom
    On Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 12:40:36 PM UTC-6, Tater wrote:
    How would you connect your Mac to the amp? The only USB input is a
    digital input for the DAC section.
    On Fri, 11 Nov 2022 19:10:52 -0800 (PST), Thomas Krueger <t...@gentledarkness.com> wrote:

    Holy shorts, what a nice amp and DAC combo this is! Local store had one in stock and on sale as well. After about 6 hours it started to open up, and in a few days I am sure I will be even more blown away. Of course I emailed Richard, and there's something to say for a CEO who answers his company's email.

    But a separate question, since the HINT 6 is integrated, changing absolute phase is a pain in the butt. Is there software that can do it? I have a Mac.

    Thanks

    Tom
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