"I have linked the computer to DAC by using toslink and coaxial. I have even used my computer as the cd transport to play CDs rather than files linking to a DAC. none of these method sounds as good as burmester 069."
No surprise. You are probably playing back using iTunes on a PC or WMP. Complete junk.
You must jump through a few hoops in order to get the SQ that you need to beat your CD player. That's right not just match, but BEAT.
1) Rip with C2 correcting CDROM drive
2) Rip using dbpoweramp or XLD (Mac) with Accurate-Rip enabled.
3) playback using Foobar with Kernel Streaming on PC or Amarra/Pure Music/Ayrewave on a Mac. Playback from memory and SSD is even better
4) Avoid Toslink - get a good quality USB to S/PDIF coax converter or a USB DAC - should preferably use async protocol and have good clocks
For digital the clock is everything
Steve N.
Empirical Audio
No surprise. You are probably playing back using iTunes on a PC or WMP. Complete junk.
You must jump through a few hoops in order to get the SQ that you need to beat your CD player. That's right not just match, but BEAT.
1) Rip with C2 correcting CDROM drive
2) Rip using dbpoweramp or XLD (Mac) with Accurate-Rip enabled.
3) playback using Foobar with Kernel Streaming on PC or Amarra/Pure Music/Ayrewave on a Mac. Playback from memory and SSD is even better
4) Avoid Toslink - get a good quality USB to S/PDIF coax converter or a USB DAC - should preferably use async protocol and have good clocks
For digital the clock is everything
Steve N.
Empirical Audio