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A DAC that can make digital sound analog?
Can you share your full digital chain Beetle?  
A DAC that can make digital sound analog?
I have heard a cd v vinyl comparison using the modright oppo 105 and half the audience preferred the cd which i thought sounded like noise. So be careful who you take advice from. I am sure a good digital solution is out there but like you I'm sti... 
Are high sample rates making your music sound worse?
Ya CD 'perfect sound for ever' , lol 
Are high sample rates making your music sound worse?
This thread is about high sampling rates as a means to improve AtoD/DtoA because CD sounded crap. Now you can blame the medium, the mastering, the sampling rate or the playback system but not room acoustics.  
Are high sample rates making your music sound worse?
@lvrooman54Interesting findings, my reference is also vinyl. Is there much difference in sq between the mp3 and wav? Thanks 
Are high sample rates making your music sound worse?
To paraphase, 'its the source material stoopid'. Even supposedly top mastering studios like Bernie Grundman still churn out crap sounding CD's, its a disgrace really.  
Are high sample rates making your music sound worse?
I have some great 16/44 recordings on vinyl so i dont think high sampling rates are needed. I cant get those same recordings to sound good on CD unfortunately.  
A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio
@teajay thanks for posting, I see you're a fan of John Coltrane too. I'm looking for a digital front end that can do his music justice, been looking for 30 years and heard many hi end efforts but no luck yet. Whats the minimum transport i would ne... 
Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming
@bo1972 Thanks for your insights, could you clarify one thing, you say above you prefer player/dac rather than separates yet you recommend Lumen L1. So do you recommend Lumen D2 player or L1 plus dac? Thanks!