Rene Herman (on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:18:11 +0200) wrote:
On 24-04-08 21:13, Matt Garman wrote:
A specific question: if using digital output, is there a difference
(sound quality-wise) between optical/toslink and coaxial? Say my
soundcard can output both via optical and coax, and my amp also
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 06:29:30PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
In my experience there is no comparison between my Benchmark DAC1
and the D/A in our home theater. In one case the DAC1 is a $1K
converter driven by a spdif cable. In the other case it's a $300
Sony receiver with probably a $20 D/A.
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 7:13 AM, Matt Garman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 06:29:30PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
In my experience there is no comparison between my Benchmark DAC1
and the D/A in our home theater. In one case the DAC1 is a $1K
converter driven by a spdif
In short, I'm looking for the best stereo sound I can get from my
Linux system---the main use will be listening to my CD collection
(ripped as FLAC).
A specific question: if using digital output, is there a difference
(sound quality-wise) between optical/toslink and coaxial? Say my
soundcard
Matt,
It's a great subject and one I've played with quite a bit.
Hopefully I can point you in a direction or two to think about.
Unfortunately, I think in your quest to become totally digital in
your sound path you have ended up leaving out what is actually the
most important component in
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:29:30 -0700
Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
you'll have to resample your pristine lossless audio rips from 44.1K
to 48K. That will add lots of coloring to the sound and (in my opinion
anyway) make the rest of this discussion almost unimportant.
???
Resampler
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Sergei Steshenko
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:29:30 -0700
Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
you'll have to resample your pristine lossless audio rips from 44.1K
to 48K. That will add lots of coloring to the sound and (in my
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:12:53 -0700
Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Sergei Steshenko
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:29:30 -0700
Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
you'll have to resample your pristine lossless audio rips
