In general …. original OEM XRCD or OEM hi-rez downloads for me .,,. The rest are all a step down for me,
Without prejudice to the preceding , there is a qualifier- and it is a BIG qualifier - to that opinion:
DUGITAL PLAYBACK EQUIPMENT: does your CDP and digital player/server/ streamer and sister DAC have the high end build quality and high end internal DAC (and matched price tag ….) for the requisite superior audio performance maximization above?
MY AUDITIONS AND EXPERIENCES: Superior class-leading performance comes at a price.
- for me my REGA ISIS VALVE cdp/DAC stands first among all contenders, and slays all the pretenders .
- digital payers and dacs start to differentiate themselves from the pack at about $3000 and going north for each stand-alone unit. My BRYSTON stablemates are one pair among other quality build contenders .