There have been more than a few forum threads of folks adding upgraded external DACs to a BlueSound Node2I with success.
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A DAC to help overcome compressed music?
I have found after upgrading my system, to a much higher level then I ever had before, that with some of the music I enjoy I can now really hear how compressed the music is. I could always tell, but now it’s really obvious to the point of wondering what I can do about it - from a digital source perspective. Would perhaps a certain type of DAC or DAC’s that have various different settings as some do, help “improve” the compression in some way? Or do I simply need to live with it? I am sure there are many others that have had this happen to them. I use a Bluesound or Qobuz currently.
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I was not specifically looking for a DAC. I was overall looking to improve sound of some favorite music that, as another poster mentioned, was purposely recorded a certain way to sound “good”for lower quality sound systems. Which ends up sounding pretty bad on a better system. That being my quest, if a better DAC would do it, so be it. However, perhaps I should keep another system for that, one of those 80’s receivers, Bose 901 or Cerwin Vega speakers or some such (jk). |
Agree with the other posters here. If the recording is damaged at the source—badly compressed recording—there isn’t a fix. The irony, as the OP is discovering, is that as the rest of the system improves, the defects in the recording become more obvious. I recommend listening to the badly compressed stuff with a $50 Bluetooth speaker because it hides more of the warts and you may enjoy it more |
Thread Title: "A DAC to help overcome compressed music?". Ok. That clears it up. |
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