RE: Is it worth buying a DAC

Posted by flood2 (A) on April 14, 2014 at 01:12:39

In Reply to: Is it worth buying a DAC posted by brian_chayer on April 12, 2014 at 18:02:43:

Depends on the software you use to rip your discs. Exact Audio Copy is the only tool I would consider using for this purpose.
The benefit of ripping the discs is that you will (hopefully) be able to read the data and correct errors without resorting to muting or interpolation. As such you will be eliminating a source of jitter with a conventional optical transport.
However, when playing back the file, the intrinsic jitter of your network or media player becomes the issue so you start back where you started from almost. John is right that it is liberating having your library on tap, but it still requires proper implementation to sound as good as a top-quality transport. CD resolution is fine, but trying to play back Hi-res material via WiFi is asking for trouble - many network players recommend 24/96 material be distributed via wired Ethernet.

If you rip your files, I recommend converting to FLAC format (if using Windows) as you can then add metadata to your (lossless) files.
Regards Anthony

"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats

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Topic - Is it worth buying a DAC - brian_chayer 18:02:43 04/12/14 (19)

Absolutely! - JeffH 22:15:20 04/14/14 (0)

RE: Is it worth buying a DAC - 4season 09:10:31 04/14/14 (6)

+1.......................................nt - AbeCollins 18:37:41 04/14/14 (2)

RE: -7...........nt - Bob_C 21:03:52 04/14/14 (1)

Clearly - judging by some posts in this thread - ... - carcass93 08:39:15 04/15/14 (0)

+1.......................................nt - Cut-Throat 15:53:04 04/14/14 (1)

RE: +1.......................................nt - brian_chayer 21:05:15 04/16/14 (0)

"speakers, room acoustics and equalization" - wrong, of course. - carcass93 09:24:01 04/14/14 (0)

RE: Is it worth buying a DAC - flood2 01:12:39 04/14/14 (4)

RE: Is it worth buying a DAC - Tony Lauck 09:27:25 04/14/14 (1)

Can you tell me what is good for Mac? nt - oldmkvi 17:57:42 04/14/14 (0)

RE: Is it worth buying a DAC - dakent41 08:37:17 04/14/14 (1)

RE: Is it worth buying a DAC - flood2 18:34:42 04/14/14 (0)

Is it worth buying a transport? - Frihed89 22:28:44 04/13/14 (0)

A separate DAC could sound better. - StephenJK 15:04:43 04/13/14 (0)

RE: Is it worth buying a DAC - Bob_C 11:51:06 04/13/14 (0)

RE: Is it worth buying a DAC - John Elison 20:37:03 04/12/14 (2)

+1.......................................nt - Cut-Throat 06:12:12 04/13/14 (1)

RE: +1.................... Nt - G Squared 07:22:21 04/13/14 (0)

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RE: Is it worth buying a DAC - flood2 01:12:39 04/14/14 (4)

RE: Is it worth buying a DAC - Tony Lauck 09:27:25 04/14/14 (1)

Can you tell me what is good for Mac? nt - oldmkvi 17:57:42 04/14/14 (0)

RE: Is it worth buying a DAC - dakent41 08:37:17 04/14/14 (1)

RE: Is it worth buying a DAC - flood2 18:34:42 04/14/14 (0)

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