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Redbook Keeps Surprising

I was a Best Buy to get a memory card reader for my computer. Looked at the CDs and saw a few in the bargain bin that I would like to have, only a few dollars. Came home, ripped them with DB power amp, picked the best cover art. Transferred to my Aurender through the NAS and played away. WOW, impressive sound and I really enjoyed them both. I like the High Res downloads and my SACD collection but am often really impressed by good Redbook CD. It really is the music that counts. 
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jon2020
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The issue in this thread is that redbook sounds great.
It is NOT about R2R vs delta-sigma for best redbook replay - that would be another issue for debate elsewhere.

To you-know-who-you-are, please start a new thread.
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steakster

I have had a DSD capable Bricasti here, and yes it was very good when it did DSD, but it was shown up by an old Cary 303/200 24/96 R2R multibit doing PCM DVD-A (an extension of Redbook) which it had to down sample from 24/192 to 24/96 and even still the difference was easy to hear, the Bricasti could not match it.

In case your wondering it was through B&W 800D MkII Diamonds.

Cheers George

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To you-know-who-you-are, 

You need professional medical help.
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georgehifi
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Get off your high horse and take a breath


Just agreeing with the OP, and letting those know the very best way to get the best from Redbook, which is what it’s all about as many of us have a vast collection of CD's 

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Review of Aeris DAC :-
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/jeffrowland/2.html

"JRDG states that the Aeris is "based upon an asynchronous buffer, voltage-controlled crystal oscillators and a 24-bit D/A converter – under the precise control of a FPGA running proprietary algorithms..." and "...delivers bit-perfect conversion ......."

But, but......

http://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/AD1853.pdf

http://www.analog.com/en/products/audio-video/audio-da-converters/ad1853.html#product-overview


Review of Bricasti M1 :-

http://www.dagogo.com/bricasti-design-model-1-usb-dac-review

"The M1 is one of the best DACs available on the market at any price."


Sheesh!
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