10-Jan-2015, 15:10
(10-Jan-2015, 12:57)Confused Wrote: I have a copy of Knife Party - Bonfire. Unfortunately this is on a Ministry of Sound compilation, which is mixed. So my version my well be different to @PhilP's, assuming he has the album version. Anyway, I gave it a try this morning. The meters on the Devialet were more or less permanently in the top orange / red zone, but no sign of the orange clipping light on the iPad app. I tried this both via iTunes and JRiver WASAPI, from a PC. For what it's worth, the sound quality was ok (although obviously could be a lot better if not compressed to death), I have heard worse.
I also tried the Album and EP version from Spotify, with more or less the same result. With each of these trials, I could not push the volume anything above about -10dB, at which point is was crushingly loud! Although this was with a D800. A little off topic, but the album version is miles better than the section they crammed onto the Ministry of Sound CD!
The version I have is from the Rage Valley EP bought and downloaded from Qobuz. As you say, the sound quality is really not bad. I've tried to find a vinyl version to see if the dynamic range is better but don't think they've released one.
Interestingly, I tried streaming the same track from Qobuz (16 bit FLAC lossless) also via ethernet AIR and the indicator didn't flash...
Re. 'crushingly loud' - as well as your amp being a lot more powerful maybe your speakers are more sensitive than mine and/or my ears are less sensitive than yours
IMac macOS 10.15.3 (no link to Devialet ) / MacBook Pro Retina OS X 10.14.4 / Linn LP12 / Devialet 200 / Wilson Benesch Discovery.
Qobuz Desktop Latest Version / Audirvana 3.2.18 / Audirvana Remote / iTunes 12.9 / AIR 3.0.4 / Wi-Fi / FW 8.1.0 / SAM 50%
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