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In Reply to: RE: Digital music posted by disgustipated on June 5, 2015 at 15:41:02:
"Just to be clear, ripping to a computer and connecting to a dac is not the best option for sound quality? "No it's not. It doesn't mean you can't achieve good sound that way too. It's a question of choice.
Personally I find the whole circus of ripping CDs, storing the rips, backing them up and playing them through interfaces not designed for audio a waste of my life. I'm not even talking about buying downloads... I would definitely stay away from any solution that has the word "NAS" in it. It's so 2010.
The only thing I can understand is streaming from Deezer,Tidal, Qobuz, in CD quality. That's definitely the future. And at least you're not giving up CD for something MORE complicated.
If you don't need/miss the ritual of playing CDs, then go for the solution above. You can start small by plugging your computer into a DAC or be more ambitious and use a streamer like the Auralic Aries or an Antipodes, which seem to be all the rage.
It's NOT going to be better than playing a CD on a good CDP. But I'm sure it can be as good. You'll have instant access to an enormous library of music and make the most of current technology.
It is a very personal choice, one you have to make. Anybody telling you one way is better than the other soundwise doesn't know what they're talking about - at least for CD playback. For high-rez it might be different. As mentioned, I can't hear a significant difference, which might mean I'm deaf. So take everything I just said with a pinch of salt.
Edits: 06/07/15
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- RE: Digital music - jbcortes 07:05:40 06/07/15 (5)
- Says the gentleman from France - Sordidman 16:28:02 06/08/15 (4)
- RE: Says the gentleman from France - jbcortes 00:17:05 06/09/15 (3)
- RE: Says the gentleman from France - Sordidman 10:14:14 06/09/15 (2)
- RE: Says the gentleman from France - jbcortes 10:35:57 06/09/15 (1)
- Right, - i understand. - Sordidman 10:49:25 06/09/15 (0)
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