Sound Quality
First off, I am pleading ignorance here, so my apologies up front, but I need some help on figuring out what this digital stuff is all about. It was simple, just to pull out a CD and play it, but with streaming and such, it seems to be a whole different ball of wax.
After finally finishing the remodel on my home, I've have had a bit of time to sit down and listen to my system. My Aurender N200 came with an SD card loaded with music. Most of it is ripped from hybrid SACDs or at 16bit- 44.1kHz "Original Mastering Recording" CDs, (some are DSF files some WAV files, but all sound the same to me). The music sounds flat and dull but when I play the equivalent song on Tidal in 16bit-44.1 kHz it sounds much better.
I have a second SD card with some HD Tracks CDs at 24 bit-96 kHz that I which sound really good through the N200. Maybe understandable being hi-res, but some say they can't hear a big difference between the two, but I sure can in this instance.
I understand that up sampling, DSD and HQ Player can even bring better sound to the table, but I'm having enough trouble with just the basics here, that stuff is way over my head.
I'd like to rip a couple of my own CDs to a new SD card and try it to compare with the SD card that came with the N200. What is the best method to do this?
As always, your thought & comments are much appreciated!
Thanks all, OK, I Iike the idea of streaming only then backing-up files on the HD. I was thinking then of formatting the existing SD card (instead of purchasing a new one and starting fresh. So how do I get the file ripped files on the computer on to the SD card in the N200? Even further to that, how can I take the files that are on the SD card that's in the N200 and move them elsewhere?
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Meh - I find the difference there to be much less today than 30 years ago. IMHO most of what you are hearing is a slight variation in the digital filters.
From a sound perspective, most tools are going to be equivalent, but from the standpoint of metadata management (author, composer, etc.) I find MediaMonkey on my PC to be superior. |
@audphile1 are you referring to SSD drive mounted inside your N200 that contains that music library? Yes. You will be able to feed the M1S2 a native DSD signal and take full advantage of the Bricasti DSD DAC. Where do I get this DSD signal from? Qobuz is slightly better than Tidal I have tried both, some things I thought sounded better on Quboz, others on Tidal. I like the larger selection of music on Tidal. but when I get the M21 I will try again. How do you "Highlight" your responses here on AG?
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@cleeds OK, I think I know what you mean! Once in the N200 just copy and paste (it looks like?). I’m gonna try! YES It’s going to work! I just need a larger flash drive (or something) to transfer the music too. Thank you! |
