RE: barking mad

RE: barking mad

Posted by ted_b (A) on March 31, 2014 at 10:59:27

In Reply to: RE: barking mad posted by Fitzcaraldo215 on March 31, 2014 at 06:53:28:

Fitz,
I think the first, and main, reason that ripped DSD (i.e file-based playback) is better than listening to the same via SACD disc is...er...the player. An SACD player, in 90+% of the installations, is a jack-of-all-trades universal player with very little of its price-point (limited to begin with)invested in the analog stage and power supplies that follow what is usually a run of the mill SABRE DAC chip. Yes, the newer Oppos do better, and someone out there prolly owns a freaking Ayre $10k player....but by and large the DSD playback systems of the first 30 years of that format were limited (except maybe the flagship monsters created back at the inception). Now we have dedicated DSD-capable DACs, external power supplies, experienced design considerations (multibit designs, modern FPGA designs, proprietary one bit chips, even chipless analog filtering designs). Kind of the same argument as cd player vs dedicated 16/44 DAC playback.

Bit is bits, yes...but it ain't just bits. Obviously.

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RE: For All the Hi Rez Nay Sayers and Misinformed..watch this - c1ferrari 21:30:39 04/04/14 (1)

RE: For All the Hi Rez Nay Sayers and Misinformed..watch this - Sprezza Tura 21:35:38 04/04/14 (0)

RE: For All the Hi Rez Nay Sayers and Misinformed..watch this - Fitzcaraldo215 10:16:06 04/03/14 (0)

Fascinating - layman 10:30:37 03/29/14 (3)

How is it possible work with digital files - oldmkvi 10:56:45 03/29/14 (2)

RE: How is it possible work with digital files - layman 11:04:04 03/29/14 (1)

RE: How is it possible work with digital files - oldmkvi 11:15:53 03/29/14 (0)

barking mad - mbnx01 22:38:58 03/28/14 (18)

This asylum is full of the "barking mad". - Tony Lauck 13:12:36 03/29/14 (1)

RE: This asylum is full of the "barking mad". - Sprezza Tura 09:04:16 03/30/14 (0)

RE: barking mad - Sprezza Tura 08:28:17 03/29/14 (0)

RE: barking mad - Erdo 02:56:19 03/29/14 (14)

RE: barking mad - ted_b 12:45:11 03/29/14 (11)

RE: barking mad - Bruce B 13:37:06 04/01/14 (2)

RE: barking mad - ted_b 17:13:01 04/01/14 (1)

RE: barking mad - Tony Lauck 14:36:03 04/02/14 (0)

RE: barking mad - Fitzcaraldo215 06:53:28 03/31/14 (6)

What Software do you use - oldmkvi 13:12:28 03/31/14 (3)

RE: What Software do you use - ted_b 13:41:39 03/31/14 (2)

Thank you! nt - oldmkvi 13:58:20 03/31/14 (1)

RE: Thank you! nt - ted_b 22:14:34 03/31/14 (0)

RE: barking mad - ted_b 10:59:27 03/31/14 (1)

RE: barking mad - Fitzcaraldo215 12:07:13 03/31/14 (0)

RE: barking mad - Sprezza Tura 09:04:45 03/30/14 (0)

RE: barking mad - mbnx01 09:25:25 03/29/14 (0)

RE: barking mad - Sprezza Tura 08:26:21 03/29/14 (0)

Start at the 8 minute mark - Metralla 21:58:17 03/28/14 (0)

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