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low-fi: TV audio decoder, inexpensive "pro" market DA/AD

Posted by dave789 (A) on January 12, 2015 at 03:34:26

In Reply to: Do all Blu-ray players sound the same? posted by Diogenes on January 6, 2015 at 18:08:35:

$90 Gefen TV DAC with Dolby (Gefen GTV-DD-2-AA)

$149 Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 DAC / ADC with unbalanced output connection

I feel the difference in the sounds of these two in my low fi system.

Gefen sounds a little warmer, fuller, and more pleasant.

Focus rite shows a little less noise, distortion, and jitter in sinusoidal tone measurement, but does produce less pleasant music - It is connected unbalanced to my system: the "ring" is not connected to anything in the balanced TRS output. The Focusrite's output is also less burned in, but I am not sure whether it is a factor. -.

So my guess is that even low cost blue ray players in a low-fi system do not sound the same.

P.S.
In the case of low-end analogue FM radio, I felt difference between $29 Sony Cassette/FM/AM walkman and ~ $40 Radioshack portable FM/AM radio.

I used each product a few days in various volume levels, switched the product, switched the product, . . . . . About 2 months later - after the return period -, I confirmed the difference in the feeling. RadioShack produced less static, but sounded less musically involving. Sony drew me into music.

Edits: 01/12/15 01/12/15 01/12/15

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