My SACD Transport feeds so much better signal to my DAC compared with streaming end...


I mostly use Roon to stream my 2000+ album digital collection with Bluesound Node + Ideon 3R Master Time reclocker + Ideon Ayazi MKII DAC. Recently I got a used PS Audio PerfectWave SACD Transport to rediscover my CD collection from years ago that my parents brought back to me from their home, which I have not touched for a very long time. I thought the 3R reclocker would clean up much of the signal from the Bluesound to the extent that streaming will not sound much worse than CD -- Indeed, I have been satisfied with its performance. I was wrong. The CD playback experience totally blew me away. Much darker background, much better soundstage and depth, lots of details, and better dynamics with great authority... I guess you really need a good streamer to catch disc playback! At any rate, I plan to upgrade my front end to one that works with the SACD Transport's I2S output so that I can enjoy my SACDs as well...

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Not sure it's entirely an answer to this query but I now use JPLAY as an alternate streaming program.  SQ seems better than Roon/Nucleus.  My Bartok DAC has its internal streamer, Mosaic , which is also excellent.  Mosaic is best when used by UPnP to connect to Qobuz Connect, a new feature at Mosaic.  The differences are small but if you are fussy about things.  Nice to have alternatives.

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