Audiophiles hifi appreciation thread old and new

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Bettini in reply to @Airhead

Thanks, it makes sense the DAC would have the greatest effect on quality.

I don't have anything on the NAS at a particularly high Res (basically a lot of ripped CDs and torrented MP3s from the early 00's), but I'd like to future proof myself against Spotify, or similar, offering higher quality streaming at some point.

I might try to get into Richer Sounds to have a listen to the CA streamer to get a feel for an all in one

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Airhead in reply to @Bettini

It's so complex these days. The argument regarding Nyquist and 96/24 audio used to seem pretty solid. There was no need to go further than that as solid clocking becomes more difficult to achieve but now we're in an age of streaming 192k and ripped SACD's at DSD resolution.

I am impressed by the Marantz though, lots of high end components, attention paid to isolation and power supplies. It certainly pays off in the analogue domain. The only thing that puts me off a dedicated streamer at the moment is the developments in software, ir convolution and more extreme dsp is starting to become the norm for a lot of digital hi-fi rigs.

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Dramatic_Hammer in reply to @Airhead

I honestly don’t see the point of hi-res streaming - most of the stuff will have been recorded and mixed at a much lower resolution. It’s not like video where the ‘bandwidth’ of film/pro digital is noticeably higher than consumers can display.

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