SilverRS8;276878 Wrote: > What i've always wondered; How can there be a difference in sound > quality when I play a CD or play the same ripped CD using the > Squeezebox in .flac format? When using analogue outputs I could reason > this but in both cases digital outputs are used hence both devices > using the same (receiver) DAC. > > Since everything is digital up until the Receiver, why does the > original CD have more 'body' and a little more detail? > > Frank
The one thing that I believe nobody has addressed yet is how are you controlling volume? When doing a side by side versus a CD player, IMO, the volume on the SD product should be at maximum and the when using the digital out try the fixed setting. The CD player does not suffer from resolution loss caused by the volume setting section in the SD product. Any side by side test needs to account for this, so volume at Max on the SD product to eliminate any resolution loss. -- iPhone iPhone Last.FM http://www.lastfm.com/user/mePhone Media Room: Transporter, Vandersteen Quatro Signature, Ayre MX-R Mono Blocks, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center Channel, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco 710, RAM Oppo DV970HD, VeraStarr 6.4SE Living Room: Squeezebox 3, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold Bedroom: Squeezebox 3, Thiel 2.3, NAD C370 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44394 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
