adamdea;638174 Wrote: > Don't knock it Rodney. On a certain hifi forum (probably more than one) > there are many people who swear blind that CD players sound better as > a transport into a DAC than any digital streaming device (and get quite > shirty if you question this belief.) > We should celebrate any posting on an audiophile forum of a subjective > result which makes sense
While I don't question the truth of your statement regarding audiophiles and streamed vs. CD playback I do wonder how much their belief in the superiority of CD playback is based on the brand names of the devices being tested. In other words, would a digital audio file being streamed via a $20,000 Linn Klimax DS still be inferior to a CD transport? From an audiophile standpoint a $10,000 CD transport or player HAS to "sound better" than a $300 SB Touch, even if there is absolutely no difference. For an example of what I mean check out the Stereophile review of the Brston BDP-1 where no meaningful comparisons were made with/to any other digital streaming devices, including the lowly $300 SBT. http://forum.stereophile.com/content/bryston-bdp-1-digital-audio-player After you've read through that almost useless review check out the comments posted on the Stereophile forum. On that forum my user name is "jazzfan". http://forum.stereophile.com/content/brystin-bdp-1-review -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 (oops) -> Touch 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88364 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
