kurtster wrote: 
  Now that the legendary DAC makers like Burr-Brown have been gobbled up by Big Business, and chip mass-producers like Crystal and Cirrus Logic are making affordable and critically acclaimed DACs, what's in your receiver is probably pretty damn good.

 kurtster wrote: 
I'm happy for you that you have the capability.  Having that metadata show up in my player (which didn't happen with .wav) sure made me happy!  Having Ogg/Vorbis capability is a Good Thing too, if you have a portable player with limited storage.  I've found (by trial and error) a set of encoding settings that yield a ~256kbps file that sounds even better than the original LPCM on portable devices.

 

BillG knows all.   Enjoy!

 

My stereo is snobbish and will rick-roll your music selections that it doesn't like.

My stereo also likes to mess with your mind and will overlay subliminal Tony Robbins messages while playing music.

My stereo has so much power it could be leader of the free world.

My stereo is the most interesting stereo in the world - it doesn't always drink beer - but when it does.....

My stereo is actually a closet-monaural and lives in constant fear that its secret will be discovered.  It avoids Pink Floyd music at all costs.

 Servo wrote: 

I'm just playing files.  So I guess that the DAC is pretty decent and be happy it is.

 Servo wrote: 
I thought you would like the FLAC part.

Innernet radio is working, too.  Listening to RP now.  Sounds pretty good.

Problem is, I have no idea which feed it is.  Found it through the 'V-Tuner' app.  Only offers one choice when it pops up.

Have to ask Bill.

 kurtster wrote: 
Some of us have something worth bragging about.

Well...DaveInVA has something worth bragging about...

 kurtster wrote: 
CD jitter is similar to the problems caused by feedback-corrected direct-drive turntables.  The system is always chasing errors instead of using a stable time base in the first place.  It's worse with CDs because the rotational velocity is always changing.  Using a 2¢ quartz crystal in your receiver the time base will outperform the most expensive conventional CD player.

The DAC itself doesn't have anything to do with clock or jitter.  The exception being large professional (ie. studio) installations that use master clocks and sometimes FIFO buffers to re-clock a jittery signal.  TV broadcasters have used FIFO buffers for decades to make VCR video suitable for broadcast.  Now that the technology is so inexpensive, it's surprising that it's almost nonexistent in consumer audio equipment.  Audio or video, the purpose is the same: to remove mechanical distortions.  I suppose the high end manufacturers have ample motive to keep lasting solutions off the market.

 kurtster wrote: 

You all are just jealous

 winter wrote: 

No worries,

the title ain't being changed either, bigtwistee hasn't shown up in 2 years.

My stereo likes fugu sashimi.

 kurtster wrote: 
Sorry, couldn't help myself.

I'll leave the audiophiles to their fun now.

 

In college, my stereo slept with both the men's and women's Swedish beach volleyball teams.

Perhaps a name change for this thread ?

like talk instead of brag ...

In the event of a national emergency, my stereo has been designated the "official chill the f*ck out audio system" of the apocalypse.

My stereo got a pat on the back from the Most Interesting Man in the World, but didn't have room for that on its resume.

My stereo refused to join the Stereo Hall of Fame until "actual real live sound" got some long-overdue recognition.

My stereo thwarts crime.

My stereo has 18 plant patents.