I do not know a lot about what is happening with my setup other than the sound coming out pleases me. But to try and understand it better, I have read a lot on these forums etc, but still am confused. My set up is an Asus laptop with a HiFace 2 USB converter going to a Audio Authority digital Switch (coax). I also have a Squeezebox Touch (EDO to 192 klHz) hooked into the digital Switch via coax. (all wireless to a NAS). My Switch goes into a NuForce HDP DAC vis coax. I use JR media center on laptop. I have used JRMC to convert several DSD files in a flac container 176kHz to store on a Vortexbox 3T NAS as well as 96kHz and a few 192Khz digital downloads.
My question is what really is affecting the sound. I can see with the laptop (music source wireless from Vortexbox), that it is going straight into the DAC so the DAC would be the main source for the sound processing (is this correct?). But on the squeezebox, I am going from the NAS wireless to the SBT so does it also pass through the signal (ie not using the SBT DAC) to the NuForce DAC for processing the sound? I use Grado headphones plugged into the NuForce DAC. Now, if I were to plug those directly into the SBT, then I would be hearing what the SBT is processing on its internal DAC. Is that correct? I also have a media Center vis optical cable going into the switch box / Nuforce DAC. I am assuming this works the same as the SBT? I know these are very fundamental questions, but it would help me better understand how it all works. Also does a DSD to DSD dac sound that much better than a converted DSD (flac)file? The converted files to my ear sound pretty spectacular. I have heard the same DSDtoDSD files on another persons setup but comparing would be apples and oranges. But in this case using the same headphones, I couldn't tell the difference. Thank You for your time ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJ77's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=62631 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101113 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
