For many people the compact disc pick-up will generate the same digital signal regardless the transport, relegating the difference of sound to the DAC. A smaller group thinks that any player will sound the same to any other, meaning that the internal DAC and the rest of the electronics have no impact on sound. Let's try to discover what is true and what is false in this video. Buckle-up!
Majority DVD-CD player (affiliation links):
US: https://amzn.to/4bpoQBN
UK: https://amzn.to/4dI2Bsp
IT: https://amzn.to/44V5TEU
LINKS:
HDCD video: https://youtu.be/5jxZ2Q6Levo?si=6mbZWzwdHXlWf3uL
Ayon video: https://youtu.be/ppggMtL_k9Y?si=fyFET9gGF1AW9hyQ
D200 video: https://youtu.be/VKqMzj75FwU?si=JWhEJwetwi0aJUwk
Digital disease video: https://youtu.be/sMFWlvbRYdA?si=TINyRjTDY7qG_cM7
Test tracks download:
https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZKUWj0ZrWp6c9pg98znoPUlHORu1fSCdCqy
INDEX:
0:00 - Intro
1:47 - The cheap player
3:39 - The quality player
3:57 - The DAC
4:22 - Test transport intro
6:23 - Track A (transport)
7:20 - Track B (transport)
8:15 - Test results & conclusions
12:22 - Test player intro
14:51 - Track A (player)
15:47 - Track B (player)
16:43 - Test results & conclusions
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