[thrillhaus]

More setups please. Maybe we can confirm a pattern with internal cards?

 

[justie]

My acer laptop (windows media player) -> fiio e7/e9 combo -> LCD2 
foobar2000 wont let me play the file using wasapi for some reason so i used windows media player and selected my usb dac as the playback device. windows 7 64bit here
 
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Try clicking on the link from the website directly.
 

Can I get some info on your setups? The two instances of no clipping so far have been with external devices. Also, is everyone using a 64-bit OS?
 

 

 

[Snakes]

Distortions here as well.
 
Using mpd/ncmpcpp on Linux with the Xonar STX and ATH-M40fs headphones.

 

[fufula]

I was curious about this so I played it on my portable player with two different sets of earphones, and yeah, it's still there. I don't think there's any pattern to it. It's the recording.

 

[thrillhaus]

fufula, does your portable player do 24/96 or did you have to downsample?

We have one more USB user (firev) who tried with X-Fi HD USB and reported no distortion. However, since justie reports distortion using e7/e9 instead of sound card, I'm back to square one with that theory...

 

[Adda]

Distortion here too, it's coming from the flute, my guess is that this is a microphone problem.

 

[thrillhaus]

But then a handful of others have reported no distortion also, so it doesn't seem like the recording is the issue.

 

[Adda]

The overwhelming majority are hearing distortion though.
Those that don't hear it may have to listen more closely, or maybe their system is not revealing it.

 

[anadin]

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The overwhelming majority are hearing distortion though.
Those that don't hear it may have to listen more closely, or maybe their system is not revealing it.

So what system are you using.

 

[Adda]

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So what system are you using.

Echo AudioFire2 + Atoll DAC 100 + Aragon 18k + AKG K240DF
 

 

[thrillhaus]

Both your system seem like they would reveal the distortion if it were intrinsic to the recording. Adda, if I'm correct, your system is entirely external except for the source? Maybe the difference is in something less obvious within the computer?

 

[Adda]

All my devices are external, the AudioFire 2 is a firewire studio audio interface.

 

[rashbeep]

i get distortion with a titanium hd and some denon d7000's..

 

[kalston]

I get it too, a tiny bit around 0:26-0:28. 
 
Win7 64 & foobar2000 with Asio on a Xonar DS with Superlux HD668b headphones. 

 

[Br777]

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But then a handful of others have reported no distortion also, so it doesn't seem like the recording is the issue.

 
some gear is simply more inclinded to bring out distortion.. when i bought my lcd-2's i was amazed at how many of my albums had distortion in them that i had never heard before.  i then went back and listened through some of my cheaper gear.. i could pick it out, but i had to strain.. i never would have noticed it until i had some really resolving headphones on.