RE: AR CD3 vs Ls Scala vs PS Audio Direct Stream

Posted by PAR on October 23, 2015 at 16:31:57

In Reply to: AR CD3 vs Ls Scala vs PS Audio Direct Stream posted by JohnL on October 21, 2015 at 22:49:33:

Getting everything from your CDs? I have a lot of experience using some of the best CD transports/players (including owning 2 samples of the Marantz CD7 player mentioned below by Jusbe). To be honest the best result by far that I have heard from CDs has been by ripping them to a dedicated server using dbpoweramp, Windows 10 and JRiver 21. I don't mean a slight improvement either but major stuff. The cost is inexpensive compared to a state of the art transport too. However to achieve this result the DAC still needs to be top of the line.

My current take on your question would be to buy a very good DAC and abandon the optical/mechanical transport except for when visiting guests want to hear something that hasn't yet been ripped (so keep your CD3 for this). There are a few comparatively cheap things to do in order to optimise the rip/DAC setup which I would be happy to pass on to you should you choose this route.

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Topic - AR CD3 vs Ls Scala vs PS Audio Direct Stream - JohnL 22:49:33 10/21/15 (20)

I'm looking at the La Scala - Jay Buridan 16:54:22 11/03/15 (2)

Yggdrasil comparison - JohnL 19:26:45 11/09/15 (1)

Thanks, John -- looking forward to it - Jay Buridan 21:44:51 11/09/15 (0)

I'm not sure if this will help... - kootenay 10:05:49 10/26/15 (0)

I do have a horse in this race, but... - Bill Leebens 08:43:17 10/26/15 (0)

Home audition - JeffH 07:47:15 10/25/15 (3)

RE: Home audition - JohnL 01:47:46 10/27/15 (1)

How'd the audition go? - JeffH 14:13:07 10/29/15 (0)

RE: Home audition - fantja 06:41:39 10/26/15 (0)

RE: AR CD3 vs Ls Scala vs PS Audio Direct Stream - Tom Schuman 02:44:52 10/24/15 (0)

RE: AR CD3 vs Ls Scala vs PS Audio Direct Stream - PAR 16:31:57 10/23/15 (0)

Good transport in there. - jusbe 17:13:07 10/22/15 (3)

That's absolutely right. SO a good question for John - Sordidman 10:19:56 10/27/15 (0)

RE: Good transport in there. - JohnL 18:20:42 10/22/15 (1)

You're in a great position. - jusbe 23:28:05 10/22/15 (0)

RE: AR CD3 vs Ls Scala vs PS Audio Direct Stream - fantja 15:22:44 10/22/15 (0)

Note than later ARC models - E-Stat 15:13:23 10/22/15 (1)

RE: Note than later ARC models - Todd Krieger 01:56:09 10/23/15 (0)

RE: AR CD3 vs Ls Scala vs PS Audio Direct Stream - Crazy Dave 11:17:49 10/22/15 (0)

RE: AR CD3 vs Ls Scala vs PS Audio Direct Stream - plugmein 03:35:23 10/22/15 (0)

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