Originally Posted by PinkHamster:
Originally Posted by andrew988:
I havent heard the UnitiServe as a cd player before and not sure how's the sound quality, a friend told me the wav or flac rip by unitiserve or HDX sound better than computer rip, is that true?
No.
It is the same, the UnitiServe is a computer. My computer plays a lot more formats and looks far less like a computer than the UnitiServe. It is not a CD player though if that is what you really want. Naim demonstrated at the Bristol how a computer made perfect rips and played through the DAC V1 sounded better than the NDS using rips from UnitiServe. A very honest and interesting demonstration. Of course other listeners may have reached a different conclusion.
I would disregard HiFi Critic and have a listen for yourself. I'm with PH on this one, but i can't be sure that you will not hear a difference. If i were you I'd just stick a computer through a USB SPDIF convertor like the Stello U3 and connect it to your SU. It'll sound superb.
Another vote for Tales of the Unexpected: fantastic programme.
I am aware of the Bristol Show demo...and as I mentioned in a previous post, the jury is still out on this issue and other issues (such as adding an external linear ps to the u-serve), based on comments here and the fore mentioned article in HiFi Critic. What is not acceptable, under circumstances where contrary evidence is put forward, is a simple "no" or "yes" .
In addition, what is also not acceptable is to suggest to "disregard" one set of data in favour of another. We have PH telling the Forum that HiFi Critic is peddling whichcraft and you presumably are also aware of the organisation publishing spurious data, and I very much doubt that you have any evidence of that..from my point of view, that comes across as very aragant. Or perhaps HiFi Critic is well known for its dabbling in the Ocult that I was not aware of?
Jason.
