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| WAV versus FLAC Alex, btw, sorry I couldn't come by that evening for a listen. I want to hear that DAC!!!Sure, we can arrange something. We went for late night listening after dinner, sorry you couldn't make it! I am sure you'd have fallen in love. :-)Best,Alex P... | |
| WAV versus FLAC Well, I did some research and turns out there are more people discussing this issue with FLAC because they also hear disadvantages against WAV. There was a claim of more RAM and more processor power involved with FLAC decoding compared to WAV. So ... | |
| WAV versus FLAC You need to rip using the right ripper (dbpoweramp).Oh, sure! Please read my earlier post again, I did use dbpoweramp too. By the same token I also compared heavily in AIFF, again, ZERO difference.I am really happy for you! Best, Alex Peychev | |
| WAV versus FLAC In the case of flac versus .wav, I would expect if everything is working well, and the resolution of the files are the same, there should be no inherent difference in sound quality resulting from format alone....Ok, I've done this experiment with... | |
| WAV versus FLAC However, recently, I have heard from a person whose opinion I respect highly that sound from WAV files is "warmer" and that from FLAC files is "brighter".I will have to agree with that person because to my ears and with my audio components I get t... | |
| SHM SACD's need to be burned in Hi Montejay,Lots of people are flaming me for OP but no one has explained why it is impossible.With my earlier post I did not try to "flame" you but to explain why it is impossible. Best,Alex Peychev | |
| SHM SACD's need to be burned in Montejay, The SACD (of any kind) is a DVD-based media. A 650nM wave-length laser is used to read that media, and at a power that is 0.2-0.3mW. In order to burn a CD-R or DVD-R, the laser power is increased at least 10 times. Simple math will be th... | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players Hello Jafox,I am one of those who tried a power conditioner (RS Haley) on the APL Denon player and got quite a boost in performance. I also concluded that the system sounded better with the player into a line stage (Aesthetix Callisto Sig) or the ... | |
| Esoteric K-01 I utilized a G-0s in Rb-oscillator mode at 176.5 clocking rate with my UX-1 Limited; I did find a perceivable improvement in the sound.This is very interesting because the UX-1 Limited converts DSD to 88.2 Did you hear this improvement with CD or ... | |
| Esoteric K-01 Thank you for the nice words Matjet, I appreciate it! If anyone would care to comment on my observations and conclusions, I would love to hear from you (that includes you Alex).I think you are on the right track about external clocking. The singl... | |
| Esoteric K-01 You think using the threads to sell is ok?Bill, last time I checked, you did not miss answering questions about your product line on the forums, correct?If my responses were not addressed to specific questions, Audiogon moderators will not post it... | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players Foster_9, I have a great respect for Ed Meitner and consider him to be one of the digital audio geniuses. But dont you think that trying to compare the entry level CDSA to a cost-no-object digital boutique is also condescending and dismissive? Th... | |
| Esoteric K-01 Glad I could help.Thanks much Bill, you're the best! :-)Alex Peychev | |
| Esoteric K-01 Audiofeil,There are many audio manufacturers currently based on two or more continents. The NWO-M was developed in Europe, as well as the new DAC-S, and we have more products coming up, so I think it was a great success. Arent you happy for me? :... | |
| Blind Shoot-out in San Diego -- 5 CD Players Hello Sabai,You can certainly hot-rod a production car to a night and day better performance, but do you think it will ever become a Rolls-Royce?The NWO player used for this particular shootout sounds worse than a boombox compared to the current... |