bigguy4488

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Mr. Obvious (?) - digital source (burn)
headphonedreams - just remembered a key point on bit decoding.  I’ve had the Bursting Out disc from J. Tull for a year.  Even the remaster was far too bright.  I burned a new copy on my old IMac here, and the high brightness was clipped out, per s... 
Mr. Obvious (?) - digital source (burn)
oldschool1948 - your post brings up a great point.  I went to the ZENith site and read the profile and specs.  It streams, and serves as a rip-CD-to-hard-drive unit.  For streaming, it goes up to 32 bit and mentions ultra low noise output, but wit... 
Mr. Obvious (?) - digital source (burn)
Gents - thanks for the input.  Doubt I’ll ever go to streaming and pay a monthly fee for what I own.... worth it for the 20’s crowd though.   On hard drives, yes I have my old Mac backed up on an external Iomega drive.   On the FLAC file angle of ... 
Looking for a DAC < $1500
Agree with ivanj on 12-23.   I've had a new Oppo 105 for four months, and it's level of performance (for $500) is unheard of - bests my old Cambridge Audio 840C in many ways, including glare.   Oppo uses the well reviewed ESS Sabre ES9018 converte...