Very helpful! I guess the clue was in the name wasn't it regarding what
type of connector to use between the DAC and the amp(!!). Well, I've
decided my setup needs a bit of an overhaul. I've never been satisfied
with the Stereo sound quality of my Denon AVR (I have a basic Cambridge
amp also
JezA;376833 Wrote:
AND/OR that the Tact processor, despite the claims of it's manufacturer,
is incapable of remaining uninfluenced by that amount of jitter. So,
either the Tact or the Nakamichi, as I said, is either useless or
broken - or poorly designed or poorly manufactured if you prefer
opaqueice;376868 Wrote:
By usually in very small, very subtle ways you mean usually
completely inaudible ways, I take it? :)
erm..not exactly... depends on the connected equipment... sometimes yes
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Phil Leigh
You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what
darrenyeats;376516 Wrote:
Or, of course, use an on-board DAC like in the SB3, SBR or Transporter.
:^p
Darren
Yes Darren, but I was trying to avoid mentioning that :o)
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Phil Leigh
You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what you'd call
Phil Leigh;377221 Wrote:
The TACT ASRC is sensitive to jitter. The source with the lowest jitter
will sound better. Therefore the SB has lower jitter than the NAK mech.
I really don't follow why you can't understand this!
I don't have any difficulty understanding you at all. But my
JezA;377233 Wrote:
I don't have any difficulty understanding you at all. But my conclusion
might be that the (extremely expensive) Tact is unacceptably sensitive
to jitter, especially as it claims not to be. So the difference that
the O/P hears, if it due to the cause you hypothesize,
Phil Leigh;377221 Wrote:
Next year I will be re-evaluating the Inguz-style solution...
My comment is OT, I know, but as an Inguz user I am wondering what this
menas...?
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tonyptony
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I owned an Arcam AVR300 for a couple of years. What I think is:
- The (specialized) press usually says that the Arcam A/V receivers are
more hifi oriented than the other (usual) brands. I don't know whether
this was true at any time, but it's not sure right now, that is for
sure. My Denon is one
Hi, I'm the original poster on this thread. Thanks for the thoughtful
comments, everyone.
First off, I appreciate Phil Leigh's insights; he pointed out two
potential mechanisms that could potentially generate an audible
difference, reminding me that that both paths start with the optical
disc.
bhr1439;377315 Wrote:
As a previous poster suggested, recording and comparing S/PDIF data
should be able to confirm or reject the hypothesis path B data being a
more reliable representation of the music. What I would expect to see
is rock solid repeatability in the S/PDIF stream
bhr1439;377315 Wrote:
.
So, no smoking gun yet that confirms or refute my impression, but at
least there's a plausible (to me) hypothesis on what's going on.
--Steve
Your hypothesis is that Path A suffers from incorrect and varying data,
where Path B does not, and that this causes
This is great! Well spotted! Let's hope that more of the back
catalogue appears soon.
And, what's more, DG currently have a 3 for the price of 2 offer at
their web shop.
Does anybody happen to know the spec of these recordings?
(The display on my CD player, which I am using as the DAC for my
Vereina, I'll bet they are just the cd versions; still, don't complain,
they're going to be a lot better than mp3, though it is somewhat ironic
that many of the recordings will have originated from analogue tape!
Another company doing FLAC downloads is www.passionato.com. Amongst
others they are
JezA;377339 Wrote:
As opauqueice says, it isn't a difficult job for an unbroken cd mech to
get the digits off an undamaged cd accurately and consistently.
I would extend this slightly, to undamaged, and well manufactured,
CD
I've had brand new, and pristine appearing CD's that EAC could not
opaqueice;377328 Wrote:
Highly unlikely. I have two cheap DVD-ROM drives in an old desktop, and
they both read unscratched CDs with zero errors, at about 5-10X real
time speed with zero error correction (other than what's built in to
the redbook standard) or re-reading.
How do you know?
I hate to mention the obvious, but try the following...
1) Disconnect all cables from the CD player except the power cable.
2) Make the room nice and quiet
3) Play a CD
Do you hear anything? Just because your CD player used to be dead
silent doesn't mean it still is--and if the CD player is
Can you stream 24b/96kHz flac to the Duet and use an external DAC to
play the file in full res?
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No, you need a Transporter for 24/96. The SBR will do up to 24/48.
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