Your preferred audio source...

chris661 · 18th August 2009, 08:45 PM

The title may not be 100% clear, but I mean things like CD (inc. SACD), records, computer, cassettes, portable media (iPod etc).

I just got a record deck today, and I must say that, even with a low-fi preamp, the sound compared to the CDs is far more......... Natural.

I got curious - what's --your-- preferance for audio sources, and why?

Chris.

SY · 18th August 2009, 08:48 PM

My PC. CDs on the hard disk, played back through a 24 bit/192 kHz sound card. Admittedly, I don't own an SACD, so I haven't been able to see if that upgrade is worthwhile.

Glowbug · 18th August 2009, 08:49 PM

Preferred is vinyl, assuming the LPs have been taken care of

Next would be hard-drive based lossless files, either downloaded from reliable sources or ripped from CDs.

Diomedian · 18th August 2009, 08:51 PM

I like to feed my MuFi DAC wirelessly from an Apple Airport Express / iTunes, so when the mood strikes for this song or the other, I can start it up immediately.

-j

Wavebourn · 18th August 2009, 09:15 PM

A pair of large diaphragm condenser microphones

brianco · 18th August 2009, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SY
My PC. CDs on the hard disk, played back through a 24 bit/192 kHz sound card. Admittedly, I don't own an SACD, so I haven't been able to see if that upgrade is worthwhile.

NOW I can understand your stance in the great cable debate!

nigelwright7557 · 18th August 2009, 10:11 PM

MP3 player for music and listening to radio.

Michael Koster · 18th August 2009, 10:32 PM

My Studer A-80 1/2" 2 track at 30 IPS with Ampex 456 tape.

How is it, that a mixdown to an old analog tape deck through a bunch
of extra transistor signal paths can sound more "real" than the same
digital tracks mixed "directly" in the computer?

Damn, no /IMG tags on the island? (boss! the plane! the plane!)

Here

kenpeter · 18th August 2009, 11:44 PM

DCC (Digital Compact Cassette). Dead format, can't get tapes.
And attempts to fake by drilling a hole have rarely played back
without severe dropouts...

But I got a Voice of Music reel to reel now, with the magic eye.
I hope that classic analog format will never die.

rdf · 19th August 2009, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SY
My PC. CDs on the hard disk, played back through a 24 bit/192 kHz sound card. Admittedly, I don't own an SACD, so I haven't been able to see if that upgrade is worthwhile.

Bonce over to the Internet Archive, as a start search live recordings for Charlie Hunter. Quite a few live 24/96 FLACs in the selection, it's advisable to confirm the recording's pedigree with a software spectrum analyzer. Some 24/96 files appear to have been up-sampled. And AISO helps.
For a real system buster, search 'shuttle launch'.

18th August 2009, 08:45 PM	#1
chris661 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lancashire Blog Entries: 7	Your preferred audio source... The title may not be 100% clear, but I mean things like CD (inc. SACD), records, computer, cassettes, portable media (iPod etc). I just got a record deck today, and I must say that, even with a low-fi preamp, the sound compared to the CDs is far more......... Natural. I got curious - what's --your-- preferance for audio sources, and why? Chris. __________________ "Throwing parts at a failure is like throwing sponges at a rainstorm." - Enzo My setup: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/multi...tang-band.html

18th August 2009, 08:48 PM	#2
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Austin, TX Blog Entries: 1	My PC. CDs on the hard disk, played back through a 24 bit/192 kHz sound card. Admittedly, I don't own an SACD, so I haven't been able to see if that upgrade is worthwhile. __________________ “Listening to records is like ****ing a picture of Brigitte Bardot.” - Sergiu Celibidache

18th August 2009, 08:49 PM	#3
Glowbug diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hillsborough, NC/McLean, VA	Preferred is vinyl, assuming the LPs have been taken care of Next would be hard-drive based lossless files, either downloaded from reliable sources or ripped from CDs. __________________ Jim J.

18th August 2009, 09:15 PM	#5
Wavebourn diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pleasant Hill, CA	A pair of large diaphragm condenser microphones __________________ The devil is not so terrible as his mathematical model! Wavebourn: We Create Creativity!

18th August 2009, 10:11 PM	#7
nigelwright7557 diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Carlisle, England	MP3 player for music and listening to radio. __________________ http://www.murtonpikesystems.co.uk PCBCAD40 pcb design software.


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18th August 2009, 08:51 PM	#4
Diomedian diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, N.S.	I like to feed my MuFi DAC wirelessly from an Apple Airport Express / iTunes, so when the mood strikes for this song or the other, I can start it up immediately. -j

18th August 2009, 11:44 PM	#9
kenpeter diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dallas	DCC (Digital Compact Cassette). Dead format, can't get tapes. And attempts to fake by drilling a hole have rarely played back without severe dropouts... But I got a Voice of Music reel to reel now, with the magic eye. I hope that classic analog format will never die.

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