Hi,
Cheapo guy here...but even with a couple of stages of de-jitter, using an Allo Digione going to a Schiit Modi Uber, you can hear the difference between redbook and high res. But the red book sounds so good anyway, that your ears adjust to the difference, maybe? It’s almost as if there’s more of a kind of sound signature distinction occurring than necessarily one being so much better than the other, as it relates to one’s ears? Of course, (in my case) there’s the Allo upsampling when you ask it to (which also sounds a bit nicer) plus all the variables that go into any given studio recording. Some recordings are so dynamic in nature, that they only get marginally more compelling through a quality dac and set up when high res vs red book. Then there’s that weird slight improvement in soundstage and depth I get when playing a red book cd through a DVD player hooked up to the same chain? Extra de-jitter?!?
But overall super impressed with the clarity/quality/depth/dynamic/detail from even this cheapo rig.
Cheapo guy here...but even with a couple of stages of de-jitter, using an Allo Digione going to a Schiit Modi Uber, you can hear the difference between redbook and high res. But the red book sounds so good anyway, that your ears adjust to the difference, maybe? It’s almost as if there’s more of a kind of sound signature distinction occurring than necessarily one being so much better than the other, as it relates to one’s ears? Of course, (in my case) there’s the Allo upsampling when you ask it to (which also sounds a bit nicer) plus all the variables that go into any given studio recording. Some recordings are so dynamic in nature, that they only get marginally more compelling through a quality dac and set up when high res vs red book. Then there’s that weird slight improvement in soundstage and depth I get when playing a red book cd through a DVD player hooked up to the same chain? Extra de-jitter?!?
But overall super impressed with the clarity/quality/depth/dynamic/detail from even this cheapo rig.