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In the Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player
Post Subject: Cd transport vs. computerPosted by wolfy on: 2/16/2017
Yes Romy, this is exactly my finding. Take an a to d transfer, vinyl rip, if you will, and listen to it on the computer via usb to dac. Then, take the same, preferably wav file, transfer it to disc and listen on cd transport. My experience is file played on cd transport sounds superior. Why? Does anybody know? Why so much mystery around digital audio?
I don't think it's the cd rom's problem. Extract a file, whether audio, or pure data file for software operating system, and all bits are 100% rendered which is simply verified by the size of the file. Bits are bits! Is it possible that the cd transport to dac simply has less overhead to deal with and bits are rendered with the least amount of interference from the operating system? Are there layers and layers of processing on the computer which inhibit the purest d to a conversion, and which are avoided on the cd transport? Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site