asapdin
New Head-Fier
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For the guys who own AK240.
Can you hear a big difference between 24/192 files and DSD? Blind test? What's battery life in real life when playing highest format?
For Audeze XC do I need to amp,will I benefit from that or straight out the DAP balanced will be a better option? Thanks, Musicday
I can only speak from my own experience when I audititioned the AK120 II and 240 on Headfone shop here in Toronto before I purchased my very own AK240 the shop owner had DSD files and I can tell you that the DSD music was:
1. Instruments were more precise
2. Sound stage was huge
3. Felt like it was 3 dimensional sound
However keep in mind I do NOT have any 24 bit 192 kHz music, I do however have 24 bit 96 kHz so I am comparing it to those.
In a blind test I doubt anyone can easily tell between DSD and 24 bit 96 kHz at least from what I heard the difference was massive.
Also keep in mind that I was not able to distinguish between the AK240 playing the same music natively and the AK120 II playing the same music converted to PCM from DSD.