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In Reply to: RE: Huge difference between the two: posted by AbeCollins on September 09, 2014 at 20:52:13
and am very happy coming from a CAPS Zuma/Auralic Vega.
24,000 + tracks on external and internal drives, 1.5 TB of PCM, 500G of DSF
First 2 weeks were very slow transferring main library. Now with a few albums a week it works well drag/dropping across network.
Sound quality is exceptional.
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As I understand, Sony doesn't have a digital out, so separating what part of difference/improvement is due to transport and what due to DAC is impossible - but still.
Did you get a chance to try CAPS with another DAC, or Auralic with different transport?
TIA
I would say that the detail/shrillness balance is about perfect for most recordings and there is an engaging presentation that gets me more involved. That's not to say that I had all the various things adjusted correctly before and some of the value is in not having to think about that. I have also changed preamps so much is different.
I leave the DSEE and DSD-upsampling on by default but do not use volume leveling. I was a bit surprised to see the DSEE engaged on 24/192 PCM since you aways hear about using it for low bit-rate. I find its effect generally an improvement.
Yes, sound quality is outstanding. Do all of your files have proper ID3 tags and album art, and do they all come up correctly in the Sony? Are some being pulled from Gracenote from the Sony over the internet? And have they all been correct?
Thanks.
My library was well-groomed using JRiver but I only use very basic tags. Most artwork was embedded in the files so the Sony rarely picked artwork and it seemed accurate. I have also changed the tags using the Sony app so the original files on the NAS are no longer current. I have backed up the Sony drives back to another NAS.
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