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RE: I disagree with you and agree with Sprezza Tura

Hi,

> Using an SD Card? Only people with little to do would bother with
> the procedure and process (or perhaps gadget addicts).

It is clear tome that you have no idea how the SD Card players I refer to are designed and operate. They simply play the file (Wave or DSD - something that contains the raw master, no compression etc. supported) directly, using very basic logic (no complex OS,no large scale MCU, I have even seen this done 100% in discrete logic). The data is extracted from the SD Card with the timing of main audio clock and directly send to the DAC Chip, no buffering, reclocking etc, all minimal, even more minimal that CD-Playersever were..

I will readily own that this kind of system has a usability score of minus one million, but that is not the point here. What it delivers is a File player with non of the problems normal Computer based systems (streamersor general purpose) have.

So if I need an "in house reference" as a "stalking horse" strictly for soundquality, such a system would be more likely to be on my list than a "Streamer".

And I still think if someone were to solve the usability issues with such a system, say by having a big SSD Pack internal and by having some form control from an App running on a tablet or PC that offers the same rich interface and ease of use as real PC via ultimately an optical isolated serial I/O, then we would have something that makes the whole debate going on here pointless.

And that is what it has to do with Computer Audio. It is about removing the computer from the equation of audio playback completely.

Thor

At 20 bits, you are on the verge of dynamic range covering fly-farts-at-20-feet to intolerable pain. Really, what more could we need?


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