martin_sv;383836 Wrote: > Think you may have judged in haste and perhaps should re read the sig. I > did of course use lossless files before coming to my conclusions.
Sorry. Misread your sig in haste and added a line to my post. Then if you have been listening to FLAC, I cannot account for why we hear differently. It is not a minor improvement I hear on deploying the Beresford DAC. Both of us have competent amplification and excellent loudspeakers. I have no preamp in circuit. If I use the Pre-out from my Quad 77 to drive the 405-2 the music seem to "recede"; but I still find advantage in the Beresford even with the preamp in. Most of the time I am prepared to forgo the advantage of a remote analogue volume control and drive the power amp from the variable output of the Beresford. --- Perhaps others will clarify, but I think the SB introduces a penalty on processing MP3, and the lossy compression has its own costs. -- Labarum Brian Beresford DAC - Quad 405-2 refurbished by 405man - Quart 980s German Tower Loudspeakers. FLAC through Foobar, XP and ASIO Squeezebox 3 Classic Virgin Cable Box No FM reception for Quad tuner - but both digital radio sources are better ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Labarum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19963 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57619 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
