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In Reply to: Todd, our experiences seem to point diametrically opposite posted by John C. - Aussie on December 10, 2010 at 21:06:11:
"In my case I've finally achieved first class reproduction from digital, something which took a lot of time and money."
Stress the word "finally"...... There doesn't seem to be a lot of people who have reached that point, and many have simply given up or just lived with something they're not totally satisfied with.
I agree about the time, but not the money. My two reference rigs, one might cost over ten grand retail (Prism DA-2 DAC), but the other costs around $500 (Don Allen mod Philips CDC-935 or Marantz CC-45).
"The first Eureka moment was when David Schulte of The Upgrade Company modded the Esoteric UX-1 LE and I suspect his mod aimed at reducing the RF you refer to."
Anybody who actually addresses RFI in a digital audio design ought be moved to the head of the line. I don't recall such an anecdote before.
The Esoteric designs are not as recent as you think. I remember auditioning the products around the Year 2000..... I even agree that it's a top performing digital source.
"The next Eureka moment was the purchase of Sennheiser HD800 headphones, items I'm generally not comfortable about, but the reproduction to the Sennies via the Nugent modded Benchmark is so good I'll wear them. Note that at this stage the digital feed was ex the modded Esoteric - I have posted about this before,"
AFAIK, the Nugent mod bypasses the ASRC on the Benchmark.........
"The final Eureka has been the ripping of over 6000 CDs (a ghastly job BTW) into a two twin 2 TB HDDS in a Meridian Sooloos sytem."
Please, back up those drives!!!!
"The reproduction via the Sennies is as great (in terms of clarity, lack of distortion, soundstaging, reproduction of nuances and general musicality) as via the Esoteric."
Did you actually sample the audio before ripping all those CDs? (The only person who I know who committed to ripping anywhere close to this many CDs onto a hard drive initially raved about the system like it was the greatest thing ever, then six months later regretted it.) This is why I've never took such a plunge, and unlikely I ever will.
The device is too expensive and personalized to audition. One would only be fortunate if he knew someone locally with such a device.
"So my experience is that progress has been made with digital reproduction and obviously differs from yours. We are most likely both correct in the context of our experiences, although this must make for confusing reading by others!!"
Although our experiences are different, which in itself is perfectly OK, I also base my opinions on how audio and music has "progressed" to the general public. People are not banging down the doors for server-based audio, high-resolution digitized audio, or even products that claim to yield high-fidelity performance. To the general population, the trend is smaller size, compressed recordings, and convenience.
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Follow Ups
- Not as Opposite as You Think........... - Todd Krieger 22:48:18 12/10/10 (2)
- Back up done - John C. - Aussie 23:18:09 12/10/10 (1)
- Ripping Over 1000 CDs + "Placebo Effect"................. - Todd Krieger 00:02:55 12/11/10 (0)
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