Thanks, Charles, for chiming in.
I guess we should leave the dogmatic one well alone.
Rgds.
Jon.
I guess we should leave the dogmatic one well alone.
Rgds.
Jon.
Redbook Keeps Surprising
I was a Best Buy to get a memory card reader for my computer. Looked at the CDs and saw a few in the bargain bin that I would like to have, only a few dollars. Came home, ripped them with DB power amp, picked the best cover art. Transferred to my Aurender through the NAS and played away. WOW, impressive sound and I really enjoyed them both. I like the High Res downloads and my SACD collection but am often really impressed by good Redbook CD. It really is the music that counts.
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Nothings perfect. Glad to see a thread praising CD sound quality. I’ve been using Dbpoweramp to my own homegrown PC based music server and couldn’t be happier. I haven't actually played a CD in years. Alll CDs are ripped to music server and backed up immediately up front. CD playback like everything can only be as good as the weakest link in teh chain, but many ways of assembling a robust chain these days. |
Redbook Keeps Surprising.... What is more surprising is that the thread gets hijacked and becomes which "type" of DAC is better - DS or R-2R. I love the CD playback on my simple Teac player or even the good old Oppo 970H. Yes, the Teac sounds better than the cheap old Oppo. But that happens only when you are comparing the equipment, and not listening to the music. CDs now-a-days sound damn good. |
I/V stages, too right Charles, just as I said in my first post https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/1329734 But I/V stages are only used on current output dacs, as voltage output dacs don’t use them, I leave you now to ponder and do some homework which ones use I/V stages and which don’t. And we are talking about Redbbook (pcm) and the best way to listen to it, there's no hijacking of the thread. Cheers George |
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