NDAC Based System

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Originally posted by gav111n:

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unfortunately I belong to that part of the forum members who clearly hear a difference between different transports when running into nDAC.

Hi AMA,

You get me wrong, I am with you on this point. I too am in the ‘you can hear a difference between transports into the nDAC’ camp. However we are now in a ‘post-why is the nDAC so cheap-world’ where no one seems to know why they sound different.

What I am trying to point out is that the nDAC is designed to eliminate or massively reduce jitter, so using jitter specifications to guide your transport choice (as you suggest) may not be so clever. Best to listen to a few choices if possible and choose on your perceived SQ.

you can hear differences. most will only listen to a couple of units at a time... i have

meridan 200 series/ rega saturn/ sony sacd player and the lastest plus cyrus transport with psu. good denon dvd/ philips dvd . can compare 4 at one time through the ndac

there are differnces the best is the cyrus ,closely behind is rega saturn and 20year + meridian.

the cyrus plus psu is 2k£ and the combo of this ndac is stunningly good.

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Originally posted by pcstockton:

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Originally posted by Eloise:

With a perfectly read CD, there is (to my mind anyway) no difference between ripping using iTunes and using EAC (or equivilent other programmes).

Except for all of the reason I use EAC and not iTunes.

1) Log File
How would you know you errors without one?

As I said, no feedback with iTunes so we agrees here!

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2)Correctable drive offset.
Why not?

Arguable if offset makes any difference.

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3) Cacheless Secure Mode.
Proper ripping.

Irrelevant for "quality" with a good quality CD original which is what I was talking about.

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4) Cue Files
Creates cue files for many uses including using with a memory player or perfect copy burning of a CD.

Not needed for the majority of uses.

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5) Pre Gap tracks!
Enough albums have pregap tracks to warrant wanting this feature.

Okay you go me - iTunes sticks the pregap on the end of the previous track (IIRC).

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and more.....

-Patrick

The question was about quality. iTunes rips a bit perfect copy given a good condition original. This has been shown and reported many times. Having said that: I would recommend using EAC / dbPowerAmp / XLD to give you the confidence that the rip IS good.

Eloise

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Originally posted by Eloise:
I would recommend using EAC / dbPowerAmp / XLD to give you the confidence that the rip IS good.

Eloise

Fully agreed. I think we are on the same page Eloise.

Cheers,
Patrick