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RE: thanks for that

Posted by TubeDriver on January 6, 2017 at 14:12:56:
Ok, something may not be working as it should.
I just compared a Master album on Tidal with a CD burned and replayed through JRMC21, Natalie Merchant's TigerLilly. The song "Seven Years" sounds completely different. The Tidal Master version has much more bass emphasis, this extends up though the vocals, it almost sounds blurred? Natalie Merchant sounds like she has a chest cold on the Tidal Master version.
I wonder if there is some initial "handshake" or flag in software thats alerts the DAC about resolution and pkayback setting? My DAC seems to be having a hard time, it makes a bunch of clicks (analogue relays) and then a high pitched whining noise but then plays normally. I have never seen this behavior before on standard 16/44 or hirez tracks.

Edit: I just checked and there are two version of this album available on Tidal. The Master version sounds very different from my ripped CD version. The normal HiFi (16/44) sounds MUCH more like my ripped CD version. So, the Master version is not replacing the 16/44 version, they are both still available on Tidal and the Master version sounds very different. I am not sure yet which I subjectively prefer (at least on this album)? Some of the other Master recordings sound good to me.