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In Reply to: The Burwen Bobcat Revisited posted by Mercman on December 31, 2006 at 10:20:03:
smoothes the sound at the expense of detail and micro dynamic changes - indeed regarding the detail and microdynamics, for which my Quads live and breathe.These changes are easily revealed with the Bobcat's Daniel Hertz companion DAC - and ironically, I find the Hertz DAC so eminently listenable that no smoothing is needed, the ratio of unlistenable CD's has dropped to nearly zero - and the detail, microdynamics, soundstaging, prat, tonality all the best I've ever heard from any player that seems not to deviate from neutrality, much less any player that has it all in one package.
It's not often you hear someone say they have the last DAC they'll ever own, or the last system they'll ever own - esp around here - but I have both, largely thanks to the Hertz DAC which I find more than resonably priced given it's performance, and easily capable of revleaing the subtleties of the Burwen software.
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I recall from your previous posts that you use Windows Media Player to play your ripped CDs (without the Burwen Bobcat software), and ITunes for internet radio. Have you ever ripped CDs into ITunes, and if so how does the Daniel Hertz DAC sound for CDs ripped into ITunes?Thanks!
That's a question I've been contemplating myself - a few times in the last couple of weeks when I've been too lazy to rip a CD to disk before playing it (and also want to see if I like it before I use disk space on it), I threw it into the PC and played the CD directly using itunes - and it sounded very good. I am going to have to rip a few to disk using itunes now and over time see if I feel I've gained or lost one way or the other. I actually prefer the WMP interface for the library, but could easily live with itunes if it sounds better. My remote logitech mouse works perfectly with both for volume and track skip.I can't believe I haven't bothered to do that before really - because itunes on internet radio at 128k+ sounds rediculously good, I'm still constantly amazed at how good 128k bitrates can sound, esp late at night where the compression is a bonus for low level listening. Sure when a song you know comes on you can tell the difference, but it's a small price to pay for all that music piped into your home. I guess I just didn't want to start splitting my library because it would be a lot of work to reload it all to itunes now - and WMP sounds so good that I just didn't care enough to try.
The problem is I'm really sick of my CD's these days and I can no longer tolerate listening just to judge equipment - next time I get a new CD I'll burn it to itunes and use it there only, then after a couple weeks burn it to WMP. But I think they'll be very close in sonic quality - close enough that I doubt I'll care one way or the other. I use the EQ in both as well - if they lose their sound quality when the EQ is engaged they're no good to me, but both seem fine with EQ in place.
It seems like so many people here assume that the more exotic and complicated the solution, the better it therefore must sound. After reading posts of excited users about various players, plugings, streaming options, etc around here I've tried most at one time or other, but could never be bothered to switch. Nobody likes microsoft less than me these days as I'm a software professional myself, but nothing has managed to sway me from WMP yet, and I base my conclusions purely on listening pleasure. Given how much I like itunes on internet radio though, it might sway me if given a chance.
Thanks so much for your reply. I have downloaded the Bobcat software from the Burwen Bobcat site (don't have the Daniel Hertz DAC - yet), but I still have a lot of older ripped files in itunes, so I switch between itunes and WMP. It sounds like you are very happy with the DAC alone (no Bobcat software). I think it would be great if the DAC would benefit other players such as itunes, etc. as much as it seems to benefit WMP. Thanks again.
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