Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is this better than CD quality?

2020-02-22 Thread Grumpy Bob
Well, I buy into the explanation as to why hi-res recordings don't bring benefits given 'here' (https://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html), with a rather good 'video demonstration' (https://xiph.org/video/vid2.shtml). In any case, my ageing ears probably limit matters. I do have

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is this better than CD quality?

2020-02-22 Thread kappclark
I feel that FLACs do sound better than CD, in my case mainly because I never got a CD player >$250 ..ha ha ... Besides the hard drive, there are no moving parts - no 'jitter' .. recordings are bit perfect, and seem to have no harshness..at least for me ! I don't even have a dedicated CD

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Optimal Volume Level with SB Touch

2020-02-22 Thread schiff1108
pablolie wrote: > I have a rather high powered amp. If I turn the Benchmark DAC2 to 100% > volume the SB Touch can't play at more than 55. I tend to keep the DAC2 > at 50% and that allows me to crank the Touch volume up to 80 (that's > entertainingly loud but not annoyingly loud), but typically

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Optimal Volume Level with SB Touch

2020-02-22 Thread pablolie
I have a rather high powered amp. If I turn the Benchmark DAC2 to 100% volume the SB Touch can't play at more than 55. I tend to keep the DAC2 at 50% and that allows me to crank the Touch volume up to 80 (that's entertainingly loud but not annoyingly loud), but typically more like 72. Do those

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Is this better than CD quality?

2020-02-22 Thread pablolie
RobbH wrote: > .. (There was a story that the capacity was dictated by the wife of > Sony's president, who insisted that Beethoven's Symphony #9 had to fit > on one disc.) Like most new technologies that seem at first to be > perfect, because they are free of the obvious problems of past >