A reply while testing a recently new Schiit Bifrost 2/64 DAC (NOS mode) instead of the former R2R Ladder TDA1541 16-bit NOS Tube DAC. Streaming 24-bit/48khz right now and sometimes it sounds more engaging and less fatiguing than 24-bit/192khz. DAC is less than a year old and set to non-over-sampling mode. I don’t listen to the MegaBurritoCombo oversampling filter mode, mostly using NOS mode. For some reason I’ve never been a fan of the sound that comes from oversampling on most streamed tracks but maybe that’s just me. It’s possible I have over sensitive hearing as I cannot stand any kind of etch, grain, or gain in certain midrange and high frequencies which can result from oversampling. Over course this can vary some from dac to dac.
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I tried several oversampling players'DACs, and the day that John Rutan demoed the lowliest Audio Note DAC for me against a Cary player that I was sure that I wanted, I was sold! The natural sound of instrumental timbres and the flow of the music was a revelation. My ANK is far better, but that was when I became a believer in non-oversampling DACs. |
@roxy54 and @charles1dad -
But a lot of players can avoid upsampling (not oversampling) and still not sound as good. Isn't at least half of the sound quality from the parts used?? PS - Upsampling and Oversampling are different. First converts the data using some form of extrapolating (filling in between the data) while upsampling repeats the same sample multiple times. The first requires math, the last requires counting. |
DAVE DAC with M-scaler. I find I listen mostly at 176.4Hz. It is a few years old. The M-scaler claims much higher upsampling rates but I like the sound here. I will say that when I first got my M Scaler I was streaming wirelessly. I hated the M scaler. After I ran a wire, it became an asset. You can't really upscale a bad digital presentation. In another thread I'm considering ways to upgrade my ISP. Jerry |
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