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| is there a best music player on the computer? Tbg,Alex, I would take exception to this statement about JRiver.Sure, but have you auditioned JRiver on a newer energy-efficient laptop with Core i3 or i5 processor and Windows 7, 64bit? If you did, what were the settings? Best,Alex Peychev | |
| is there a best music player on the computer? JRiver is by far the best. I mean just waaay better than the rest. It just has no real competition.Ditto! Amazing stuff JRiver is! Best,Alex Peychev | |
| Is this the END of DAYS for the high end CD player Wayneker2176,I completely agree; it is very hard to approach the audio quality of a good disc transport with computer audio (Mac or PC). There are so many reasons why.I went through almost everything you can imagine in order to match the quality o... | |
| Why do I always like a source with Burr Brown DAC? I've come to enjoy the PCM-1704. I have a Resolution Audio Opus 21 and Lessloss DAC 2004 MkII that use this chip.Yes, I've heard these products, including Opus 21 modified by a respected company. Both Lessloss and Opus 21 sound quite nice at their... | |
| Why do I always like a source with Burr Brown DAC? Pani, Yes, AD1865 is also R2R/Multibit. I've heard some nice sounding designs with it. I would actually agree that some of the newer BB/TI DACs sound nice. My favorite is PCM1796A. There are other BB DACs with better specs but I am not impressed, ... | |
| Why do I always like a source with Burr Brown DAC? Perhaps Alex P could chime in on that?TI site shows "production active" on both PCM1702 and PCM1704 DACs. I am sorry to disappoint all mulitbit DAC lovers here but my opinion is different. I went through PCM56, PCM63, TDA1541, TDA1543, Ultra-Analo... | |
| Why do I always like a source with Burr Brown DAC? Pani, It will be helpful specifying which products featuring Sigma/Delta DACs have you compared to products featuring PCM1704 multibit. As with all DACs, implementation is critical. IME, in order to properly evaluate DAC devices, they need be unde... | |
| Is this the END of DAYS for the high end CD player No, it is the end of high end vinyl. No, wait, that was 30 years ago.Priceless! People went ballistic with the "new CD format" that is “much better than any vinyl” just like it happens with the supposedly "new and better computer audio" now. I mea... | |
| Is this the END of DAYS for the high end CD player This talk of CD drives in computers is nonsense. If they could not transfer the data properly none of our computers would work.So you really believe that transferring data correctly is the only requirement for "perfect audio quality"? Every CD pla... | |
| Is this the END of DAYS for the high end CD player You must jump through a few hoops in order to get the SQ that you need to beat your CD player. That's right not just match, but BEAT.And same applies to a CD transport; you must jump through a few hoops in order to BEAT any computer audio currentl... | |
| WAV versus FLAC converted The smithereens version of "tommy" and Steely Dan's "Goucho" from flac 96KHZ/24bit to wav 96KHZ/24bit.On a recent event featuring Yarlung Records, almost 50 audiophiles heard the difference between 44.1/16, 88.2/24 and 176.4/24. The latt... | |
| Esoteric K-01 Matjet,The AK4399 DACs have balanced outputs. In order to provide SE output, a balanced to SE converter is required. To me, this appears as an additional stage on the signal path. So I'd be very surprised if RCA outputs sound better compared to th... | |
| WAV versus FLAC Hmmmmmm, I did my "fun" experiment using relatively powerful CPU - ....Yes, you are absolutely correct, I take this back. To my ears, the brighter top-end of FLAC remains regardless of the PC. To me, it seems like all lossless formats have problem... | |
| WAV versus FLAC Vett93, I use the PC to play/decode FLAC using JRMC. I feed my DAC-S via USB. I think Magfan has a valid point because the quality with FLAC (and other lossless formats) greatly varies on different computer configurations. So it looks like it is i... | |
| WAV versus FLAC Please no offence to all; please take the following FWIW! The difference between FLAC and WAV is subtle, but it is there, IMO, so it will be not easy to hear. For example, a cable can mask it to a point that is non-audible.I am sorry if I have hur... |