Recent content by adamos

I do acknowledge that some of it may be that I've been playing this CD player > integrated amp combo for 18 years, so I'm certainly very used to the sound.

Thanks Leeps. My integrated amp is fairly old and I don't believe it has any digital inputs, which is why I'm using the RCA interconnects. I may eventually upgrade but I've been happy with my Alpha 8 for a long time so I haven't been in a hurry. Also I'm just now getting into playing FLAC files...

Thanks Mark, that's interesting. When I was ripping my CD collections some of my older CDs did have a few tracks that did not get good AccurateRip scores, I'll double check on error correction.

Thanks muljao, I should have made that more clear in my post. I'm hoping that someone is familar with the DAC or other elements in the NAD 512 vs. the Node 2, or perhaps the different interconnects. Although specific to the interconnects I swapped them between the two devices as a test and it...

I recently purchased a Bluesound Node 2. Overall I really like it, however to my ear my CD player sounds better. When I compare the same songs on my CD player and the Node 2, the Node 2 sounds good but the CD player sounds sharper and fuller and there is better separation of the instruments. The...