I'm using my Slim Devices box in my living room where my primary hifi is. To get the data there from my G5, I'm running about 25 feet of Ethernet cable under my house. It connects, via wall jack, to the Slim Devices. I'm then running a .5 meter Illuminati D-60 S/PDIF digital cable to my modded Electrocompaniet 24/192 DAC. Trust me, this is one of the best DAC's I've ever heard. (My experience has also been that 'hard wire' digital cables sound substantially better than optical ones -- hence the pricey Illuminati cable)
I have about four terabytes of music on drives around the G5. Here's my question. When I play CD's through the Electrocompaniet DAC the sound is substantially better (more air, more articulate, tighter bass, better extension, better imaging) than when I listen to music coming off hard drives and through the Slim Devices. Both sources are 16/44.1. What I'm trying to figure out (since I have SO much music on hard drives) is where is the sonic loss happening? Is it in the Ethernet cable? The Slim Devices box? Do hard drives inherently not sound as good as data from a very good CD transport? (hard to believe, but possible I guess) The sound my computer is fine, but not nearly as 'audiophile' quality as what I'm getting from my CD transport into the same DAC. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks much. -- musicinmind ------------------------------------------------------------------------ musicinmind's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14540 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41268 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
