A 1981 digital recording is an early digital recording...that may be the problem. The DIO may be passing along more info, which may include more low level info, but it may also include flaws in the recording or engineering. It's hard to say without hearing the sound.
Digital "Crispies" and the ART di/o
I was listening to Glenn Gould playing Bach Goldberg Variations (1981 recording - Sony Digital) the other night, through an Arcam Alpha 7 and ART di/o DAC and on track 17 I noticed this static, "crispy" noise along with the piano notes. Maybe it's the dac, I thought, so I hooked up the preamp to the analog out of the Arcam, and the crispies weren't there. Neither was the soundstage, and alot of timbral detail. My question: are the crispies digital dust in this recording that the ARCAM DAC did not reveal (I've only heard them on 2 tracks), or could they be lack of power in the ART di/o (I'm using the wall wart power supply that came with it), or maybe my new speakers (thiel 1.6) breaking in.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Thoughts?
Thanks!