funkstar;419405 Wrote: > I really don't see the point of a device that will do 24/96 -without- > having the decent output stages. > > The audible difference between 24/48 and 24/96 are debatable from what > I've read. And the down sampling via SOX is very high quality.
I see the point , I have a MeridianG68J home theater processor that operates in 24/96 it's also doing further processing with room acoustics compensation and several surround modes aimed at 2ch sources and a digital volume control a very decent 24/96 dac and analog stages. I have a further goal of getting me a pair of their dsp-speakers where you use an all digital signal directly to speakers and the crossovers operates in 24/96. I have no analog sources at all. In Meridians case there is no analog bypass, they expect all quality sources to have digital outputs ( they don't regard vinyl as quality source so an added AD-DA stage wont hurt that especially done in 24bit). In short having a good surround processor thats operates in 24/96 and already is used as DAC for all my sources makes any other dac in the system an anachronism. SOX yes it is very good actually my 2c: * It's very good downsampling sound very good. * It saves bandwidth for wireless players . * It uses a lot of CPU if you have a mini-ITX or atom server you can only serve one transcoded stream at the time, if you want to stream different 24/96 mtrl to different players you are doomed. * For the same reason it's downright unusable on all but the most powerful NAS boxes, The most economical server upgrade if you already have sunked plenty of $ into a NAS can be to get yourself a transporter if you have a lot of 24/96 files. So as I see it an SB4 with 24/96 digital output is an good idea, I'm prepared to pay for it if it appears. But there are so few good 24/96 recordings it's a fun novelty to play with, but sound quality and music these days ? -- Mnyb ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62848 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
