audiofreak32
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| Focus on 24/192 Misguided?..... To summarize....I guess we have concluded just the opposite - that 24/192 is a VERY GOOD idea actually, as it SOUNDS GREAT and hard drive space is fairly inexpensive. Using dbPoweramp (very cheap program) to rip your CD collection into 24/96 or 24... | |
| Focus on 24/192 Misguided?..... According to all the engineers and tests and specs, vinyl does not sound as good as a CD right? But so many people would prefer the sound of vinyl and/or tubes over SS amps and a CD player. So I guess all this talk about specs and cutoff freq., et... | |
| Focus on 24/192 Misguided?..... I guess if you are happy with 16/44 then that is all that matters, but there is a whole lot more to be had. | |
| Focus on 24/192 Misguided?..... Kijanki.... put aside the technical and go listen and enjoy your system. But using ALAC (compressed) and a Benchmark DAC1, you could be doing much better. | |
| Focus on 24/192 Misguided?..... A LINN Akurate DS is around $7,500 new. Only other things you need are a NAS and an iPad. So, less than $10k retail, easily. Sure that setup you described was expensive, but you do not need a "dedicated computer" at all. I am using a $350 NAS with... | |
| Focus on 24/192 Misguided?..... All this talk about tests and links to this study and all this technical stuff....REALITY: All that means nothing when you have people that like and dislike things based on their own opinion of what "sounds good". Many feel tubes sound better than... | |
| Focus on 24/192 Misguided?..... OK guys.... here is a link to this study, no wait.... here is a link to this paper, no, i mean, her a link to this test a dude did a while back that says you are wrong... etc. etc..... SO WHAT!!!!!!!! How is all this arguing about studies and tech... | |
| Focus on 24/192 Misguided?..... If you have not heard a properly setup DAC with hi-res files, you owe it to yourself to do so... before you spend any money on a CD player... you will be happy that you did. Not to mention the benefit seeing your entire music collection on an iPad... | |
| The best CD Player for the money None.Try a LINN Akurate DS w/ 24/96 or 24/192 WAV and FLAC - there is not a CD player made on this earth that will compete with it under $15,000. | |
| CD player to compete with my vinyl rig? Try a LINN Akurate DS w/ 24/96 or 24/192 WAV and FLAC - there is not a CD player made on this earth that will compete with it under $15,000. | |
| Focus on 24/192 Misguided?..... Lots of technical info (on paper), but what really matters is how it sounds to each person. If you cannot hear that 24/192 WAV or FLAC sounds better than redbook CD, you may want to start selling off that expensive gear and get a boombox to listen... | |
| Can best optical player rival best computer source David12:"discless" as you call it has better sound than most CD players just due to the nature of CD's moving parts, spinning disc, etc. Any decent DAC fed with hi-res files will trash most any CD player out there. I have heard DAC setups playing ... | |
| LINN Akurate DS vs. ANY CD PLAYER I see what you are saying... if the recording is not very good, the DS will just project that bad recording through the resy of the system. My Akurate DS is the latest version with the Dynamik PS. I only paid around $5,500 for a demo unit, would h... | |
| LINN AKURATE CD vs ESOTERIC X-05 Do not buy either - if you want sound that will trash both of those units, buy a LINN Ajurate DS. Will not even be close with 24/96 and 24/192 WAV or FLAC. | |
| NHT Absolute Tower vs. Paradigm Monitor 7?? IMO - go for the Paradigm. I have heard both. I do not think the NHT is as good overall. |