Tim’s really your man here,
but…
If the AD conversion is carried out in
an
amp it is usually by a cheaper generic chipset, same applies to onboard
DAC’s in DVD and CD players. In the main an off
board
DAC will produce a superior sound, but this is not always the case,
it’s
very much a case of try it, listen and learn. The difference is in the
actual process
of going from a digital bitstream to an analogue
waveform that the amp can send to the speakers; this is where qualities
becomes
an issue, AFAIK and care.
Leads, IMO, at times are overrated,
but in
many cases not again it’s all down to personal preference and whether
your ears can pick it up or not, I know a few people that cannot tell the
difference, yet I can hear a massive difference in quality, spatial effects
and
steering between leads.
Hi-Fi goes
in
stages, a £100 player sounds like s**t, a £300 player sounds good, a £300
player with an off board DAC sounds great, but IMO t get any better sound
you’re
gonna spend a grand or more. Not always true, but
this is my experience and whether it’s worth spending the extra is
entirely up t you, the person that listens to
it!
My take if it’s good enough for
you,
then who cares so long as you’re happy with
it!
HTH
K.
-----Original
Message-----
From: Alan Cockerton
[mailto:alancc@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 01 August 2001 20:16
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] CD
players
A bit off topic but I know we
have
some audio buffs out there.
What difference does it make to
the
sound quality between using an expensive or cheap CD transport or
interconnect
lead assuming the AtoD conversion is being carried out in the
amp, surly the data is digital,its ether there or not so how can
it
be changed by the hardware?
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