02-May-2016, 14:20
I have spent a considerable amount of time (and money) over the past couple of months building my new Win 10 music server with all kinds of bells and whistles. JCat USb Card, HDPlex External PSU, SSD HD, Roon, HQPlayer, Mutec MC3+ USB, Costly Cables, etc... and its sounds really good. 
So, over the weekend I thought I would tweak my Subwoofer integration a bit and dug out my Sounddoctor Test CD which I have used in the past with good results. I decided to reactivate my Oppo 103 for CD playback and just connected it directly to my Dev via a plain jane coax cable. After going through the test, I decided to play one of the test tracks (Holly Cole's Don't Smoke in Bed) directly from the CD and it sounded good, really good.
It sounded so good that I started to wonder if all the time and money spent on my new server had really made such a big difference in the overall SQ when compared to my old CD / Oppo based solution ....
So, some of you (or all of you), are probably asking why have I decided to share this experience?
To be honest, I am not sure, but thought it might be food for thought as it clearly forces me to ask myself the question; "Is all of this high speed stuff really contributing to the jaw dropping, eye popping, & mind altering audio experience that it is sometimes propagated to do ..?"
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So, over the weekend I thought I would tweak my Subwoofer integration a bit and dug out my Sounddoctor Test CD which I have used in the past with good results. I decided to reactivate my Oppo 103 for CD playback and just connected it directly to my Dev via a plain jane coax cable. After going through the test, I decided to play one of the test tracks (Holly Cole's Don't Smoke in Bed) directly from the CD and it sounded good, really good.
It sounded so good that I started to wonder if all the time and money spent on my new server had really made such a big difference in the overall SQ when compared to my old CD / Oppo based solution ....
So, some of you (or all of you), are probably asking why have I decided to share this experience?
To be honest, I am not sure, but thought it might be food for thought as it clearly forces me to ask myself the question; "Is all of this high speed stuff really contributing to the jaw dropping, eye popping, & mind altering audio experience that it is sometimes propagated to do ..?"
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Innuos Statement | Trinnov Altitude 32 | PS Audio Stellar S300 Amp | T+A HA 200 Headphone Amplifier | Meze Empyrean Headphones
Sean Jacobs DC-3 Custom Build LPS | Roon Core DIY Server | SOtM sNH-10G Modded Switch | Oppo UDP-205 Blu-Ray/SACD Player
T+A G 2000 R Turntable | DS Audio E1 Optical Stylus | Gordian Lab 12 Power Conditioner | Artesania Audio Rack
