Mark Levinson No. 36 DAC & High Resolution Files


Hi

Still have a Mark Levinson No. 36 DAC which is sounding very good in spite of its age - it actually sounds more analogue and warmer than the DACs of today.

I have been outputting FLAC's from a Squeezebox Duet to it via the BNC input on the 36 and it has been playing fine. Recently, I have been thinking of buying higher resolution files. The 36 only goes up to 24/48. Would higher resolution files work on it and how would they sound? I presume they would be downsampled to or only play at 24/48.

Thanks
mikey8811

Showing 1 response by jamesob

This is timely for me and any thoughts appreciated.

I have a 360 DAC . I was feeding it with a genesis digital lens fed by a crap sylvania cd/dvd and just bought a close-out integra 500$ cd/dvd for 200$ BUT --although the integra provides better detail and sound stage it is still a bit harsh sounding.

I'm going to try switching to computers with the halide bridge, because I don't feel like buying an expensive transport.

My question -- just to be clear because this is new to me -- if I input 24/96 files (where do I get them?...download from the internet I guess), then will the 360 dac automatically handle them or do I have to "do" something or set some setting.