Dear All - I've tried searching for the answer to this but can't find a conclusive one.
I've made the switch from a squeezebox (using coax digital) to airport express using the digital out into my dac xp.
I noticed that the sound was quieter and different - and then I noticed in iTunes that the equaliser was set to "Jazz" and the volume was only set to 2/3rds in iTunes.
Is there a way to completely bypass iTunes' audio jiggery-pokery and just output the pure digital signal to my dac?
My research thus far seems to suggest that as long as the iTunes volume is set to max and the equaliser is turned off, then the airport express will output a pure unadulterated/unprocessed digital signal to my DAC?! I would much prefer to let my £2000 DAC do all the jiggery pokery than iTunes doing some silly nonsense which is then outputted as a digital signal to my DAC!!
Cheers,
Matt
I've made the switch from a squeezebox (using coax digital) to airport express using the digital out into my dac xp.
I noticed that the sound was quieter and different - and then I noticed in iTunes that the equaliser was set to "Jazz" and the volume was only set to 2/3rds in iTunes.
Is there a way to completely bypass iTunes' audio jiggery-pokery and just output the pure digital signal to my dac?
My research thus far seems to suggest that as long as the iTunes volume is set to max and the equaliser is turned off, then the airport express will output a pure unadulterated/unprocessed digital signal to my DAC?! I would much prefer to let my £2000 DAC do all the jiggery pokery than iTunes doing some silly nonsense which is then outputted as a digital signal to my DAC!!
Cheers,
Matt