PoorAudiophile
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Dear Fellow members,
I would like to seek your opinion and experience.
My system is composed of Oppo 105d or Cyrus Cdi ==> Chord Hugo ==> Atc Scm40A.
I use the Oppo 105D to read digital files and feed the information to the Chord Hugo through optical connection.
I use Cyrus CDi to read the CD and feed to the Chord Hugo through coax connection.
I ripped a Dire Straits's Brother in Arms CD to wav format and played it on the Oppo. I lost the openness, the timbre and the pace of the Cyrus CDi. The Oppo sounds dull, lifeless, in short digital.
How is that so? I thought that all the Oppo has to do is to read the bits and feed them to the Hugo which does the hard work of converting them to lovely analog signal. In this circumstance, It seems the Hugo is receiving different bits from the Oppo and the Cyrus of the same file.
What is the weakest link? A Linear power source for the Oppo will improve? The internal clock?
Why is the Cyrus CDi so much better?
If I use Synology NAS to feed the Hugo, would it be better than the Oppo?
I don't want to spend more than 400 usd to upgrade my system.
Any suggestion?
Thanks all of you in advance.
Have a good day!
The Poor Audiophile
I would like to seek your opinion and experience.
My system is composed of Oppo 105d or Cyrus Cdi ==> Chord Hugo ==> Atc Scm40A.
I use the Oppo 105D to read digital files and feed the information to the Chord Hugo through optical connection.
I use Cyrus CDi to read the CD and feed to the Chord Hugo through coax connection.
I ripped a Dire Straits's Brother in Arms CD to wav format and played it on the Oppo. I lost the openness, the timbre and the pace of the Cyrus CDi. The Oppo sounds dull, lifeless, in short digital.
How is that so? I thought that all the Oppo has to do is to read the bits and feed them to the Hugo which does the hard work of converting them to lovely analog signal. In this circumstance, It seems the Hugo is receiving different bits from the Oppo and the Cyrus of the same file.
What is the weakest link? A Linear power source for the Oppo will improve? The internal clock?
Why is the Cyrus CDi so much better?
If I use Synology NAS to feed the Hugo, would it be better than the Oppo?
I don't want to spend more than 400 usd to upgrade my system.
Any suggestion?
Thanks all of you in advance.
Have a good day!
The Poor Audiophile