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 Mar 23 2009, 06:09 PM
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Waah... nice setup!
MIne if very humble and low cost, compared to your system. Cheap DVD player/laptop -USB/spdif-> portable DAC-> headphone/IEMs. 2 channels stereo only... If I want better sound, I just need bring along my ears to Petronas Philharmonics Hall, and for me, it is more than enough.  . What can I do, that iis only thing which I can afford right now. This post has been edited by bahathir: Mar 23 2009, 06:10 PM |
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Mar 24 2009, 02:04 PM
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Yes, the key device in digital audio is DAC. Any digital transport, example CDP, DVD, PC, laptop, iRiver H1x0, media player, which has digital out (optical or coax)... either cheap or expensive will not change digital data (0,1) from the CD. There also error correction in CD (Reed Solomon ECC; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed–Solomon_error_correction ), to make sure audio data always correct. In other word, data from RM 100 cheap DVD player is same as RM10k CD player.
Then, why RM100 DVD player sound different than RM 10k CD Player?... The difference is the built-in DAC. IMHO, a very good DAC can turn RM100 DVD player into a great audio system, and sometime better than RM10k CDP. Why? RM100 DVD player can play movie dvds and 5.1 audio channels , RM10k CDP cannot LOLThank you. This post has been edited by bahathir: Mar 24 2009, 02:09 PM |
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Mar 24 2009, 03:00 PM
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Nice article about it
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/Magazine/manu...1104/index.html Quote from the article QUOTE If you don't believe this, then all you need to do is record digitally your favorite tune from a $100 CD player into your computer (provided you have a soundcard and software that doesn't add yet more lies into the equation, which is often the case, so beware!) Then borrow the most expensive CD transport you can get your hands on and repeat the experiment. The resulting sound files aren't just similar, they are identical! This post has been edited by bahathir: Mar 24 2009, 03:02 PM |
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Mar 24 2009, 06:18 PM
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Now, try something like this.
DEVICE -optical-> DAC -> AMP -> Speakers or DEVICE -Digital COAX-> DAC -> AMP -> Speakers Substitute/Change the DEVICE part with PC, CDP, DVD,... Source for CDP : CD Audio Source for PC : Lossless encoded files from the SAME CD rip, or just the raw WAV file also can. Then, honestly tell us the result. I already did this test, and I really cannot tell the differences. BTW, how is your CD drive connected to your soundcard/motherboard? Is it via analog or digital ? Some soundcards can use digital out from the CD drive, If not, then, analog signal from CD drive will be converted to digital by ADC before it sent out as digital. Thank you. This post has been edited by bahathir: Mar 24 2009, 06:28 PM |
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