drmatt wrote: > Though maybe you have a very good DAC? > As my sig shows, I use a Benchmark DAC2 HGC as my reference, fed through the Touch - of course that means that as a rule the 24/192 material is down-sampled a tad. That said, I have also done tests sending files via USB with Jriver Media Center, and couldn't discern a difference, be it through speakers or headphones.
I should also note I didn't get the Benchmark because I am convinced it sounds oh-so-much better than other DACs - I got it for convenience because of the feature set and a myriad of input and output options that make it quite versatile. And of course there are far more esoteric audiophile jewelry options than the DAC2, and if that's really the bottleneck... well, blame it on my middle-aged ears (I have done the test and my hearing ends at 17kHz). :-P ...paul ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine (on VMware Workstation 12) running Ubuntu 16.04 + LMS 7.9 System: SB Touch --optical->- Benchmark DAC2HGC --AnalysisPlus Oval Copper XLR->- NAD M22 Power Amp --AnalysisPlus Black Mesh Oval->- Totem Element Fire Other Rooms: 2x SB Boom; 1x SB Radio; 1x SB Classic-> NAD D7050 -> Totem DreamCatcher + Velodyne Minivee Sub Computer audio: workstation --USB->- audioengine D1 -> Grado PS500e/Shure 1540 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105816 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
