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Post by avphile on Jan 27, 2005 11:48:45 GMT 7
Anyone using a PC as a WAV music server.
My P4 houses all my favourite tracks on three hard disks storing uncompressed wav files. It serves as a jukebox CD Changer. Using the windows media player, I can have whatever compilation I like on the fly. Best of this or that artist, best of jazz duets, female R&B artists, oldies, best of sax, guitar, various versions of this or that song, etc. Very convenient.
Fidelity-wise, I hear no difference with my existing stand-alone players and DVD players. They all use the digital S/PDIF connection anyway.
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Post by audioslave on Jan 27, 2005 15:18:50 GMT 7
Fidelity-wise, I hear no difference with my existing stand-alone players and DVD players. They all use the digital S/PDIF connection anyway. have you tried doing an extended comparison between your music coming from a dedicated or stand-alone player and that from a PC using Windows Media Player? that was my initial findings too when i was still using a solid state amp but my verdict swayed in favor of the stand-alone players (CD Player or DVD Player) when I hooked them once more this time using a tube int-amp.  |
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Post by Control on Jan 28, 2005 8:04:18 GMT 7
Anyone using a PC as a WAV music server. My P4 houses all my favourite tracks on three hard disks storing uncompressed wav files. It serves as a jukebox CD Changer. Using the windows media player, I can have whatever compilation I like on the fly. Best of this or that artist, best of jazz duets, female R&B artists, oldies, best of sax, guitar, various versions of this or that song, etc. Very convenient. Fidelity-wise, I hear no difference with my existing stand-alone players and DVD players. They all use the digital S/PDIF connection anyway. Hmmm.... Sir, your harddisk must be quite large. I can imagine how large an uncompressed wave file is.  |
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Post by psychodreamer on Jan 30, 2005 22:36:04 GMT 7
I plan on doing this too for backup purposes mainly. Just in case something happens to my valued collection.
A couple of 200Gb HDs would probably be enough for average users.
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Post by avphile on Feb 16, 2005 13:41:17 GMT 7
have you tried doing an extended comparison between your music coming from a dedicated or stand-alone player and that from a PC using Windows Media Player? that was my initial findings too when i was still using a solid state amp but my verdict swayed in favor of the stand-alone players (CD Player or DVD Player) when I hooked them once more this time using a tube int-amp. I hate to rain down on your parade, but what you are hearing is the euphonic coloration that tube amps impart. ;D Digital connection doesn't care which amp you use. But more often than not, analog connection do. |
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Post by avphile on Feb 16, 2005 13:42:41 GMT 7
Hmmm.... Sir, your harddisk must be quite large. I can imagine how large an uncompressed wave file is. I have three IDE hard drives, 80G 80G and 120G. Around 70% full already. ;D And I have not yet encoded my classical CDs. I would need to upgrade and utilize the two(2) available SATA connections |
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Post by wanderlust on Feb 21, 2005 13:50:59 GMT 7
I hate to rain down on your parade, but what you are hearing is the euphonic coloration that tube amps impart. ;D Digital connection doesn't care which amp you use. But more often than not, analog connection do. o ayan ha confirmed na..... my coloration yong tubo! |
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Post by john1977 on Mar 16, 2005 19:10:07 GMT 7
for digital it also depends if the ouput is not resampled or not, as some soundcards resample the digital output, like those creative soundcards...
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Post by audioslave on Mar 16, 2005 22:49:26 GMT 7
I hate to rain down on your parade, but what you are hearing is the euphonic coloration that tube amps impart. ;D Digital connection doesn't care which amp you use. But more often than not, analog connection do. kanya kanya lang yan... you like solid state, we like tubes, you like digital, we like analog.... you must have a better pair of ears than most of us here .... ;D kidding aside, yes, both tubes and turntables impart coloration. but this type of coloration is what makes them pleasant to the sense of hearing  |
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Post by avphile on Oct 4, 2005 10:23:09 GMT 7
There's a good chance you can hear audible differences especially if you are using analog connection to any amp, whether tube or SS. The connection imparts a sonic coloration of its own courtesy of the after DAC circuits and OP amps. That's why CD players can sound different from one another via the analog out. Even their output levels can differ. But using the digital S/PDIF, the differences among good brands could no longer be indentified correctly on bias-controlled Double Blind Testing. You have to use the worst transport with unusually high jitter rates to make the audio from an S/PDIF connection really sound bad.
Some CD players also use Tube after DAC processing in preamp stages. That should add to the euphony. And if you couple that with tube amps, you get oodles of even-ordered harmonic distortions that further add to the euphonic signals to achieve a truly pleasant sound to the ears. Many find the sound impressive.
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