RE: OT: Optical and coaxial digital outputs for PCM, Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG

["Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>]

Kenneth,

Well - most of what I said in my original post still stands, then ;-)

Mark Harrison
Head of Systems, eKingfisher


-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kennwatt@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 17 December 2001 19:15
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT: Optical and coaxial digital outputs for PCM,
Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG


Heaven forbid...not using the Micromega DAC as well!! ;-)

Believe it or not, this was "gifted" to me for =A3800 and I just
couldn't
resist it and the worst part is the plonker that owned it for a whole
three months before trading it for a Kenwood midi system...go figure!

I also have not used the player in six months as I can't be bothered to
set it up just now :-(

All I need is a really good audio amp for it...the Yammy just doesn't
cut it, although it sounds outstanding even on that using the KEF
Reference series speakers (no Phil you're not getting them!:-))

And an apology, as Phil correctly pointed out I labelled the PCM's
incorrectly, for some reason I always refer to the co-axial as analogue,
which it is not. What I do is take the co-axial to the Micromega DAC and
then analogue to the amp, not letting the amp decode but the DAC which
makes a far better job of it but again only with a decent recording can
you actually hear a difference. Well to my ears anyway.

K.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 17 December 2001 14:42
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT: Optical and coaxial digital outputs for PCM,
> Dolby Digital, DTS and MPEG
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> Kenneth Watt wrote:
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> "The DTS and DD bitstream are outputted together to both analogue
and
> digital interconnects on any player I have ever come across.
Personally,
> I prefer the analogue ones but it's just a preference not a necessity,
I
> think that the analogue signal is not as "harsh" as a
digital one, but
> that could just be down to my hearing. This is borne from using a
> Micromega CD3, =A32500 CD player with both analogue and digital out, I
> just preferred the analogue on that and I stuck with it."
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> Kenneth - actually the fact that you prefer the analogue outputs from
> your Micromega makes a lot of sense!
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> Bear in mind that everything I'm about to say is about your CD player
> compared to others AT THE SAME PRICE level - so compared to a =A3900
> Rotel, everything about yours is good ;-)
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> Micromega are generally regarded as having put their effort into a
great
> DAC and analogue output stage and a poorer transport. As such, if
you're
> listening to it through a good quality set of analogue amps, it will
> really sing.
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> If however, you're bypassing the DAC and analogue stages, and
therefore
> using someone else's, then you're only using the poorer part of your
CD
> player.
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> As such, your comment about preferring the analogue outputs is, I
> believe, more a comment about the strengths and weaknesses of your
> system, rather than a generally provable statement about different
types
> of hi-fi connectivity.
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> I'm in the opposite situation - I've got a good transport, but a much
> better DAC in my processor than in my DVD player. As such, I prefer
the
> sound of the digital outputs, even for PCM material ;-)
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> Mark Harrison
> Head of Systems, eKingfisher
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