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In Reply to: RE: I'm New! Please help with Linn/Thiel Question posted by token on July 10, 2015 at 06:48:21
You may be experiencing the difference between CD resolution and compressed MP3 music files along with the difference in the quality of the digital to analog conversion.
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Hi and thanks. I'm using Pandora. I worry that the condition you describe is compounded by the inefficiency of the Thiels and the 75w/channel output of the Linn. Would the Audioengine compensate? Best, Ken in NYC
From the Pandora website:
"Pandora on the Web plays 64k AAC+ for free listeners and 192kbps for Pandora One subscribers. All in-home devices play 128kbps audio, and mobile devices receive a variety of different rates depending on the capability of the device and the network they are on, but never more than 64k AAC+."
Compare that to the 1411 kbps of your CD's and you can see how the audio quality suffers when listening through Pandora. Your equipment is fine and as you state it sounds great with CD's. Even with much lower quality audio gear you can hear the difference. Your gear is showing the gap in source quality.
Thanks for the great insight. Sounds like Pandora is the choke factor and even upgrading their service will not improve quality via my phone. Nor will audioengine though it gets raves. Interesting dilemma in that i have to dumb down my equip to get better digital sound quality.
The sound will only be as good as the source. IMO. At one time i had an old transistor radio hooked up to a KHorn by cutting off the ear piece, and yes the little 9V thing had enough power to drive the KHorn. I just wanted some "noise" while I was moving in, yep the first thing in the place was my KHorns. It sounded "OK" but nothing compared to the normal electronics i drove them with. I run into the same thing when I play old mp3's, the lower the bit rate the worse the sound.......
May He Who Watches Over Us All, Watch Over You And Yours.
I would focus on the source not the amp or speakers. No amplification or speaker sensitivity will fix a lower quality source. You might try streaming through a better DAC. Or a higher resolution streaming service or both. These approaches would focus on improving the source.
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