High resolution digital is dead. The best DAC's killed it.
velveteen1 posts02-02-2019 8:24pmI love my digital front end, with r2r technology! I couldn't imagine my redbook CDs sounding any better than they do now....... Mark Levinson No 31.5 Mark Levinson No 30.6 It’s kind of hard to image what you haven’t heard. If you could hear what I’ve heard with my ears. |
If you could hear what I’ve heard with my ears.You say you can hear a difference in the direction of an ac mains fuse, you hear nothing! Mark Levinson No 30.6 4 x PCM1704-K + 2 x SHARC ADSP-21061L " The Mark Levinson No.30.6's measured performance is about as good as it can get. No wonder I liked its sound so much".—John Atkinson The ML 30.6 is now 20 years old and still a magnificent sounding R2R Multibit dac. Only last month I had the pleasure of listening to one up against my Linn CD12, using the Linn as a transport there was a "poopteenth" in it between them, your lucky to have it velveteen. Cheers George |
all things being equal, higher rez files can sound a little better overall. but, of course, all things are rarely equal. i agree with the whole recording quality being more significant than the digital format, but that’s only half the equation. the 800 pound gorilla in the room is native recording source resolution. that’s where you find optimal sound. i always try to listen to the least mucked up source. this goes equally for analog too. give me 1/2" 30ips tape if that is what the recording started life as, or redbook if that’s where it started. direct to disc vinyl is also phenomenal and can compete directly with the best tape. my MSB Select II has a hybrid dac which optimizes both pcm and dsd whatever resolution. it is astonishingly good on redbook, and does a great job with MQA. but my favorites are consistently the native resolution if i have a way of determining that. i have dozens of native dxd (352/24) and quad dsd files and those are pretty awesome when the recording quality is also superior. if you think redbook sourced recordings are equal (especially as the music gets more complex) you have work to do. and not every system will equally reveal media differences. so my experience and realities might not equally apply to all. YMMV and just my 2 cents. |
fleschler The Ear Actute uses the WM8740 which is a Delta Sigma https://statics.cirrus.com/pubs/proDatasheet/WM8740_v4.4.pdf The Acute II and III uses the later higher spec’d WM8741 which are also Delta Sigma. https://statics.cirrus.com/pubs/proDatasheet/WM8741_v4.3.pdf They had quite a peaked up treble that begun at 5khz which could make them bright to listen to. https://www.stereophile.com/images/217ear.EARfig04.jpg Stereophile: From this you can probably understand why there was 3 different versions of the Acute. Cheers George |
