[moophus]

I have spotify premium and set to high quality and I've noticed quite a lot of distorting.
 
windows 8.1 -> spotify -> odac -> o2 -> hd600
 
For example:
 
https://open.spotify.com/track/5WjDmjD39LsFCRRALhorjd
 
right at 0:40 when Jack starts singing "I got you" and every time afterwards, I get distortion. At all volumes. I have turned down spotify, turned down system volume, etc. On my O2, it's on low gain (1x) and I hear the distortion with all my headphones.
 
Now if I play this:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw9UZFLlC7Q
I can crank the volume as much as I want and it sounds great
 
can anyone duplicate this?

 

[moophus]

I just plugged my HD600's into my iphone 5s and loaded this song on spotify...massive distortion

 

[moophus]

Tried also with some sony earbuds in my work desk, MDR-E808 as well as a pair of Xiaomi Piston 2
 
Both of them distort also.. a bit less but it's audible.
 
Can someone confirm? maybe it's my ear that's messed up

 

[moophus]

 

[moophus]

I guess it's just me

 

[EriCCirE]

I easily notice the sound quality being subpar with most music streaming services

 

[Law87]

  I have spotify premium and set to high quality and I've noticed quite a lot of distorting.
 
windows 8.1 -> spotify -> odac -> o2 -> hd600
 
For example:
 
https://open.spotify.com/track/5WjDmjD39LsFCRRALhorjd
 
right at 0:40 when Jack starts singing "I got you" and every time afterwards, I get distortion. At all volumes. I have turned down spotify, turned down system volume, etc. On my O2, it's on low gain (1x) and I hear the distortion with all my headphones.
 
Now if I play this:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw9UZFLlC7Q
I can crank the volume as much as I want and it sounds great
 
can anyone duplicate this?

 
 
no distortion on my gear....using CLAS-DB--> Alo Mk3B+ --> Alpha Prime

 

[moophus]

Can someone load up this song:
 
https://open.spotify.com/track/6KGH1OAYmRmwSP8Ny6zzAF
 
and tell me around 00:49 is there a skip?
 
If so, this is terrible.

 

[moophus]

O my.
 
I found the same track in google play - https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Btflcfhrkciv2mwbncvjccxpr3a&tid=song-T4xpn4hfo7peezg2d3uslshydwm
Track 7 - the preview falls right onto the skip!!
 
It seems like it's a flaw at the source!! - some red flags are being raised for the "audiophile" label - Nordic 2L !!