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RE: Ding, Dong, the disc is dead...

"I hooked up my PC to my big rig lately using a Tascam US122L external USB DAC...... 320 Kbps MP3 was no match for my 25 year old Sony CDP."

Of course! Try lossless WAV or AIFF file. No one here takes the lossy MP3 format seriously.

"FLACs were a leap forward though."

That could be true but it also depends on the source. In other words, was the FLAC file created from a CD or a higher resolution source?

It's easy to match or exceed the performance of a CD player with a music server but using an MP3 file is not a good comparison.

Most folks around here who set up music servers do not run lossy MP3 files but rather lossless uncompressed formats like WAV or AIFF. For compressed but still lossless formats, many use FLAC or Apple Lossless.

AND.... most of us use our own CD's as the minimum starting point to create our music files in the formats listed above. At this point a properly set up music server and DAC will often be on par or possibly better sounding than a CD player.

My music server, DAC, and AIFF music files sound as good as my $6000 Accuphase CD player, and it's far more convenient to use.

With even higher quality downloads or music files created from one's own vinyl, a music server can far exceed the audio quality from just about any CD player.

My Mac Mini music server & W4S DAC2 setup




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  • RE: Ding, Dong, the disc is dead... - AbeCollins 08:08:35 06/01/12 (0)

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