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In Reply to: RE: Too Many Variables for Good and Reliable Audio Playback posted by Todd Krieger on May 20, 2015 at 20:52:39
I basically lower my expectation with music from the computer - I have found the CD sounds better played on the CD player through the same DAC.
And you get on forums and they tell you to buy this or that software this or that cable - use a laptop that has no bloatware - never use Wifi etc. It's just easier to stick the CD in if one has to do all that crap and it still can't sound "better" than the original CD.
The computer is purely for convenience and frankly that's fine by me - I'll put all the one hit wonders and mediocre recordings onto the hard drive where sound quality isn't that great and for my favorites and or better recordings it's CD or Vinyl (as soon as I buy a turntable that is acceptable to me).
But the computer playback is fine for me and for casual listening but whatever "gestalt" factor and goosebump factor seems to get lost.
Good turntables/arm/cart/phono stage is just so damn expensive. But at least the money spent is worth it. Seeing $10,000 for puny ass computer audio boxes that sound mediocre at best is irritating. A while back I compared a Nottingham turntable through a moderately priced iFi phono stage against a computer audio DAC through $20,000 Avantegarde speakers - the Turntable ate the computer audio and the hi-res recordings for breakfast - the CA was downright unlistenable. The old beat up Pink Floyd LP was stunning. Actually the whole turntable rig was about $3,000 which is pricey but less than half the price if I remember correctly of the CA DAC. And those hi res downloads are not exactly cheap either.
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"I basically lower my expectation with music from the computer - I have found the CD sounds better played on the CD player through the same DAC.
"The computer is purely for convenience and frankly that's fine by me"
That pretty much nails it for me as well. My system is in my living room, so, "good enough" gets played quite often (and with a lot of joy). But if I had a dedicated listening room and only listened to music "seriously," I'm not sure I would use computer audio.
The thing with convenience is that I tend to listen to more music - and that's what all this is supposed to be about. I wouldn't listen to one hit wonders on vinyl (or CD for the matter) but on computer you can listen to the band's one hit and move on.
It has its place and it can sound quite fine enough.
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