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Originally Posted by James
Well, what I meant is that lossless vs uncompressed inside the same player will sound the same. Quite obviously different players will sound differently with the same material, but you had already asked that question in the first sentence of your post.
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James - Thanks for your replies - they are certainly appreciated. I'm not trying to nitpick here, just trying to get on the same page: The first sentence of my post did indeed ask about different players, and that's why I assumed your reply
"FLAC vs. CD? No difference, obviously", meant different players as well. My " ___ vs. CD" was meant to detail the different file types on a DAP, vs. CD on the D777.
Moving on, I see you have some PCDPs in your collection, in addition to the DAPs. What do you think of the sound quality of your PCDPs vs. DAPs? Have you (or could you) compare the same album/track on each through headphone out (and specify the codec used on the DAP)? [EDIT: Did not mean to ask you to play it on every player (although I wouldn't complain
), but at least the best PCDP vs. the best DAP].
I could find only one other comparison on here, where someone (Styx guy) when into detail about how he liked his "classic" Phillips PCDP sound better than a DAP (forget which one). This leads me to believe that there is a difference, and I'm trying to get more opinions on the subject.
Bangraman's comments are appreciated as well for a differing opinion, but I don't believe he did a direct comparison of PCDP vs. DAP, and assumes there wouldn't be much of a difference based on his (relatively) negative opinion of the old PCDPs. (Please correct me if I'm wrong, B-man).
I think if Stereophile actually had bothered to listen to other old PCDPs they might have liked them as well. They seemingly just happened to choose the 3400 because there was a buzz about it.
BTW, I am no "fanboy" of the old PCDPs (just trying to get informed opinions), and if enough people said that there wouldn't be a dropoff in sound quality I would be all over a new DAP. ALL I WANT IS THE TRUTH!!
Thanks again for any help!