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In Reply to: RE: Wow, Dave - that's not my experience at all posted by Chris from Lafayette on July 07, 2020 at 14:45:42
I have also had no general issues with classical downloads. The first set that I purchased was the remastered Mahler 4 (Szell/Cleveland, from HDtracks). It's 24/192. There is more air around the instruments than in any of the CD issues of this wonderful performance. The only time classical downloads have sounded less than optimal was when the source materials had issues (e.g., Bernstein/NYP Rite of Spring, a great performance with shrill sound).
My "path" is streaming the files via WiFi from my home PC to an Oppo 103, which is connected via coax to a Marantz HD-DAC1. The DAC's analog output goes either to my Denon receiver or the DAC's headphone jack (Focal Clears). I've also brought the files to the Oppo on a portable hard drive, with little audible difference compared to WiFi.
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Good point pbarach. I am beginning to wonder about that. Yet another instance of garbage in, garbage out. The support of others on this thread for the format send me back to the short test files from 2L that I downloaded some while back. These sound excellent played from my WD drive, stereo and multichannel. Maybe I can improve things - one always can - but I might have just hit on some less good downloads recently.
Dave
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