Wow, Dave - that's not my experience at all

Posted by Chris from Lafayette (A) on July 7, 2020 at 14:45:42

In Reply to: Download quality posted by Dave Billinge on July 7, 2020 at 11:01:53:

However, there's a mitigating factor on my system: my downloads go through a newer equipment path than my discs do. (The discs use the DAC built into my Marantz AV 8003, which is getting pretty long in the tooth these days, while my downloads go through my exaSound DAC and then into the AV 8003 via its analogue inputs.) In general, on my system, I'd rank the platforms as follows:

Downloads played back via my Mac Mini and exaSound DAC
Disc incarnations (CD or higher rez)
Qobuz streaming (which also goes through the same path as my downloads)

Having said this however, I want to emphasize that the differences can be quite close, and that, sometimes, the Qobuz streaming files sound every bit (no pun intended!) as good as the other two platforms. Also, I wasn't clear from your post if your downloads are mostly surround? (Most of mine are.)

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Topic - Download quality - Dave Billinge 11:01:53 07/07/20 (13)

I've been pretty happy with mine, the only time I felt something was wrong was when accidentally selecting WMA - jdaniel@jps.net 07:34:48 07/08/20 (1)

RE: I've been pretty happy with mine, the only time I felt something was wrong was when accidentally selecting WMA - PAR 10:29:53 07/08/20 (0)

RE: Download quality - Roseval 03:04:40 07/08/20 (3)

RE: Download quality - Dave Billinge 03:16:20 07/08/20 (2)

RE: Download quality - Roseval 04:12:35 07/08/20 (1)

RE: Download quality - Dave Billinge 05:23:09 07/08/20 (0)

RE: Download quality - PAR 15:41:48 07/07/20 (2)

RE: Download quality - Dave Billinge 20:23:04 07/07/20 (1)

RE: Download quality - PAR 02:35:09 07/08/20 (0)

Wow, Dave - that's not my experience at all - Chris from Lafayette 14:45:42 07/07/20 (3)

RE: Wow, Dave - that's not my experience at all - pbarach 11:27:40 07/10/20 (1)

when the source materials had issues - Dave Billinge 13:33:21 07/10/20 (0)

RE: Wow, Dave - that's not my experience at all - Dave Billinge 20:27:12 07/07/20 (0)

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Wow, Dave - that's not my experience at all - Chris from Lafayette 14:45:42 07/07/20 (3)

RE: Wow, Dave - that's not my experience at all - pbarach 11:27:40 07/10/20 (1)

when the source materials had issues - Dave Billinge 13:33:21 07/10/20 (0)

RE: Wow, Dave - that's not my experience at all - Dave Billinge 20:27:12 07/07/20 (0)

Wow, Dave - that's not my experience at all

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