iMark said:I think there's a lot of expectation bias when people say a👎 (expensive) CD player sounds better than ripped CDs.
manicm said:iMark said:I think there's a lot of expectation bias when people say a👎 (expensive) CD player sounds better than ripped CDs.
Wrong, I had a cheap cd player and I don't think rips sounded better. On all my (3) laptops I did not think rips sounded better than even playing the CD on the laptop.
I admit there could be some reasons why but I couldn't be ars*d. Or maybe it's just my faulty ears?
I see you have a Melco. Is that to improve the quality over a dedicated laptop or Mac mini?Womaz said:I used to listen to both through my Devialet and I just could not tell the difference
The MFidelity CD player was just as good as the FLAC rips. I was told the FLAC rips would be better as no correction would take place etc .
nopiano said:I see you have a Melco. Is that to improve the quality over a dedicated laptop or Mac mini?Womaz said:I used to listen to both through my Devialet and I just could not tell the difference
The MFidelity CD player was just as good as the FLAC rips. I was told the FLAC rips would be better as no correction would take place etc .
Thanks! Shame the Dev is a bit of a let down in that area, as it appears to do it all. I have a chum with the same as you, and he's gone that route because the Mac mini never was 100%.Womaz said:nopiano said:I see you have a Melco. Is that to improve the quality over a dedicated laptop or Mac mini?Womaz said:I used to listen to both through my Devialet and I just could not tell the difference
The MFidelity CD player was just as good as the FLAC rips. I was told the FLAC rips would be better as no correction would take place etc .
Sort of yes. AIR was so unreliable for me that I had to find an alternative .
The Melco is excellent and I believe it is as good if not better than AIR. The only let down is the lack of their own app