Interesting. So, you hear no difference between the vinyl record and the hi-rez digital feed? What albums have you digitized? One album that I used as a benchmark was Bill Evans "Waltz for Debbie" which is stored in hi-rez on Qobuz. The one place that sounded markedly different from vinyl was the long decay of the cymbals. I felt as though I could hear the DAC working overtime to reassemble that fading decay that must be an extremely complex wave to recreate. I am using the Meitner MA3i streamer, which often sounds as good as vinyl. I've been testing out digitized versions of records I have.
Does anyone have a digital system that is as involving as their analogue front end?
I have a good analogue front end. Not stratuspherically good but good enough for this comparison. VPI Prime Signature 21 turntable, Pass Labs XP-25 pono preamp, Pass Labs XP-30 preamp and Hovland Radia amp. It has a lovely, very involving sound. On the right recording, I just drop everythng and am drawn in to listen.
My streamer, on the other hand, is decent but not spectacular. It is better than my CD player, but it is not jaw-dropping like my analogue front-end. My question is this: does anyone have a high-end, tier-one streamer (dCS Bartok Apex, Lumin X2, or something like them) that can rival a good analogue system?
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@audio-b-dog no. Never. Sounds like your internet issues continue. |
I don't think it's internet. Everything I read says that direct connect is the best connection. The only issue against doing it is my long ethernet run. In relative terms, it isn't that long. Ethernet can run for hundreds of feet. The antenna problem is taken care of by the MA3 which has good isolation. I'll keep working on it. Buying a $1,000 ethernet cable is on the bottom of my list. |
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