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MacBook and Minerva
September 4, 2008
Editor,
I have been reading a lot of your reviews and like what I’ve
read. I really like your simple setup and am looking for something similar. I see that you
have started to get to know the Weiss Minerva.
I’m really interested in this machine. You state,
“Red Book CDs sounded better than they ever have, easily beating the best CD and
universal players I’ve listened to here in the Music Vault.”
So are you using the MacBook as transport and just FireWire
interface with the CDs ripped with regular iTunes or are you running a special transport
to the Minerva? So do you think MacBook/Minerva beats the ARC CD7 or Esoteric UX3-SE?
Pär Wiklund
The Weiss Minerva is connected via FireWire directly to
the MacBook -- no transport. I use no special software, just iTunes with music imported
using Apple Lossless. To be blunt, the sound is better than any disc player I’ve
heard. The ARC Reference CD7 is the best CD player I’ve personally had in my system,
but the Weiss/Apple combination produces even better sound. The Weiss Minerva review will
be published on October 15, so check back then in “The World’s Best Audio
System” for all of the details....Jeff Fritz
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