Guys- Been going through some pretty extensive blind testing, and am coming to the conclusion that I cannot hear much if any difference between running my Duet spdif through a CI Audio VDA 2 external DAC vs. going directly to my Arcam AVR 300's spdif input. After not being able to decide, I tried something that "DID" yield a difference, but I'm not sure if it means anything.
I was running my Duet receiver optical out and SPDIF out at the same time. One through the CI AUDIO DAC, and one directly to the arcam. Instead of listening to music, I paused the music and maxed the volume on the ARCAM with no music. The level of "noise/static" associated with the arcam input taking the direct digital signal was SUBSTANTIALLY lower than the noise on the alternate input using the analog outs from the CI AUDIO DAC. My assumption therefore is that the internal DAC in my arcam is indeed quieter and therefore "better?" than the CI Audio Dac using analog. Am I off here? Thanks as always guys. -- darthkringle ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darthkringle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23060 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73099 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
