In Reply to: Sound quality cd vs. computer. posted by lesleymorley@yahoo.com on January 19, 2017 at 13:04:39:
Well, if you don't want to buy a DAC, you might get better performance from your CD player than from your computer. My CD player consisted of a transport and DAC as two separate components. When I ripped all my CDs to my computer's hard drive, I played them using the same DAC to which my transport was connected. Therefore, my CDs and my computer files sounded exactly the same to me.In other words, there shouldn't be any difference in sound and I didn't hear any difference. However, if you use a different DAC for CDs versus computer files, there might be a noticeable difference and my guess is that your CD player might sound better than your computer because your CD player might have a better DAC and a better analog output section.
Good luck,
John Elison
Edits: 01/20/17
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