Both, and in both cases, connected to the same pre-amp (Marantz AV8003 at that time), both via RCA (cinch)* and have a good friend switch - for me blind. Because I wanted to be sure I was not fooling myself :-) Of course there is the issue of sound level. Both were set to max. I know typically a louder one may sound better. But here they were close enough in level. Same music, same server for both. I used these sessions also to see if we could here the difefrence between FLAC, WAV and ALAC (no!), and 44.1/16 vs 96/24 (oh yes extremely obvious, so much so that I started to dislike the CD quality almost), and 96/24 vs 192/24 (if any really slightly).
*: now use XLR on my 8801, another small but worthwhile step. Yes I know the 8801 does use a balun... But the NA and my head-amps are fully balanced. In the future, when I'm a rich man, I'll get myself a fully balanced AV pre... Marantz NA-11S1 PCM/DSD streamer with Squeezebox Touch front-end - Marantz UD9004 / AV8801 / MM8003 & CI Audio D-200 MkII (front only) - Nubert NuVero & R.E.L. R-528SE - Siltech & ProLine custom made Silver & Gold, XLR where possible ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Audiotic's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5912 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101584 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
