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Headphoneus Supremus
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Actually, I would think quite the opposite. Most of what you are describing has very little sonic impact, and considerations for these design issues are made when the CD player is built. Not sure where you got the idea that CD players aren't bit perfect, but it is computers that are such a hassle to get bit perfect, not the other way around. There are two big negatives that computers have going for them over a single box CD player. The first being power supply noise, the second being the SPDIF format. Even if you are talking a squeezebox with an aftermarket power supply, the signal is still going through SPDIF and as such a CD player with the same DAC and output stage as the external DAC the squeezebox is feeding still has the sonic advantage.
Originally Posted by tfarney /img/forum/go_quote.gif If the DACs are equal, and the files on the computer are lossless, the computer will be technically better. The computer feeds chunks into RAM, varifies that they are a bit-perfect match to what's on the hard drive, them plays them from RAM. No moving parts. No stability issues. No contest. No matter how good the cdp is. With that said, I don't know if you'll ever hear the difference, but theoretically the computer is superior if the DACs are the same. |
Actually, I would think quite the opposite. Most of what you are describing has very little sonic impact, and considerations for these design issues are made when the CD player is built. Not sure where you got the idea that CD players aren't bit perfect, but it is computers that are such a hassle to get bit perfect, not the other way around. There are two big negatives that computers have going for them over a single box CD player. The first being power supply noise, the second being the SPDIF format. Even if you are talking a squeezebox with an aftermarket power supply, the signal is still going through SPDIF and as such a CD player with the same DAC and output stage as the external DAC the squeezebox is feeding still has the sonic advantage.