[ruaneg]

hi everybody

Ok. My head hurts. Firstly i have a sony jukebox. Im relativelly new to hi fi buy have learnt enough to know the sound quality from these are relativley bad. So i decided to get an external lite dac-ah.

When i tested my new setup i was disapointed. There does seem to be a slight improvement but it seems to raise the volume compared to the analog out from the cdp so this makes a/b testing dificult. I used my relatively cheap cyberhome dvd player with coaxial into the dac and the sound was much much better. I can only assume the problem with the jukebox is jitter. Although all ive read on jitter leaves me feeling a little overawed.

What would be the best way to improve my transports signal? a jitter reduction device? a dac with reclocking? would the zhalou with reclocking work well? or could i mod my dac-ah easily to overcome this?

Any help would be appreciated as you would be doing my mental health a great service!!!

 

[ruaneg]

Anybody?

 

[Samgotit]

Hello,

Get rid of the jukebox.

Get the AV-710 sound card and use the optical out to connect the computer to your DAC AH.

Get a headphone amp.

Install Foobar with kernal streaming:
http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=75655

Burn you cds to FLAC, 256k mp3s, etc.

What headphone(s) do you own?

Sam

 

[ruaneg]

cheers for replying

id like to keep the jukebox as i only bought it 2 months ago and ive a large collection of cds so its handy..ive got a pronto remote that ive programmed to choose any album/track that works great.so ill keep the jukebox..if only as a second source.

If i cant manage to get a sound im happy with id consider getting another single cdp. I just want to try any maximise the sound from the jukebox. Planning on buying a jitter box to see if that improves things..

Ive started ripping the cds to 256variablmp3 and ive got a digital out on my laptop with a turlte audio advantage usb soundcard. Sounds alright connected to the Dac. Not overly impressive.

ive got some grado sr60 headphones..theyre decent enough but tbh i havent had much exposure to top end headphones.

 

[Firam]

How about your cables, what are you using?

 

[ruaneg]

well the interconnect cost a tenner from a hifi shop and they look relatievely decent. I have a monster cable coaxial connecting the dvd player and dac..at the moment i have a cheap plastic toslink between the changer and dac..

Im still a bit sceptical about the impact of cables but i orderered a glass toslink a few days ago to see if if it will make a diff..

 

[Gabe Logan]

Have you received your glass toslink cable in yet?If you have was there a difference.

I got this i am assuming a not so high quality one with my dac and just wondering if i should upgrade it or not.

 

[ruaneg]

hi gabe,

cable arrived today!! WOW surprisingly there is a noticeable difference. Im a little flummoxed as to why. Maybe the cheap plastic cable i was using is just really poor and with the poor signal from the jukebox it made the signal even worse. OR glass toslink really makes a difference.

That said im not dismissing the fact that im mad.

 

[ruaneg]

I just ordered the Zhalou so itll be interesting to see how that works with the jukebox..