Mnyb wrote: > Yes imho there is a risk that this is audible the only way to get proper > hf response with this player is to use hirez material or maybe upsample > your cd stuff :) what is the hf drop at 13khz or 15khz ? That 20k is > gone down -5dB can bother young audiophiles but thats does not seem to > be the core demographic for the product. > > If a portable hirez player is a bit anochronistic would it compete as > headphone amp ? Or is the battery power such a compromise such that it > easilly beaten by a more dedicated headphone dac/amp . > > Or maybe this is not anachronistic to some users ? Anyone prefering > keeping a separate portable music player these days
Anachronistic devices are everywhere in the audiophile world of course... Tubes (or tubes in digital players), 'modern' turntables, 'new' LP media, and a reintroduction to DAP's at a time when smartphones are ubiquitous. I think the term "parachronistic" may be more in tune with the idea in that there's nothing wrong with the device in this time period and isn't necessarily surprising, but it's not "normally" expected given the progression of technology. Yeah... Just upsample your 44kHz music with a typical filter to 96kHz for this device and I think many folks would have difficulty hearing any difference from the naive 96kHz 'hi-res'. For inefficient headphones, I believe an amp remains essential! Like I noted in my post, at 100%, it was merely adequate for something like my AKG Q701. A proper headphone amp would make a significant difference... Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective' audiophile blog. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104094 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
