Hi,
Just started trying out some Hi Res audio, using foobar2000 on a laptop, asynchronous USB in to the DAC on my saturn R. I am also using a bog standard USB lead, I think it came fee with my printer. The SQ is very good, I dont have any duplicate Hi Res files of CDs I own to directly compare, but overall I am impressed. (however I cant tell the difference between the 96K and 196K files)
Does anyone have any views on how foobar's SQ compares to other packages, my logical mind is telling me that if it outputs a bit perfect stream they must all sound the same, yet so many people claim one package has better SQ than another? Secondly, in a similar vein, I can't see how a USB cable (or any digital cable for that matter) can make a difference to SQ, unless its bad enough that is actually causing 1s to read as 0s or vice versa (which seems unlikely to me?). Yet, reviews on this very site claim, in quite a matter of fact manner, that certain USB cables produce sound superior to others. Is this possible, anyone have any first hand experience or views on this?
Just started trying out some Hi Res audio, using foobar2000 on a laptop, asynchronous USB in to the DAC on my saturn R. I am also using a bog standard USB lead, I think it came fee with my printer. The SQ is very good, I dont have any duplicate Hi Res files of CDs I own to directly compare, but overall I am impressed. (however I cant tell the difference between the 96K and 196K files)
Does anyone have any views on how foobar's SQ compares to other packages, my logical mind is telling me that if it outputs a bit perfect stream they must all sound the same, yet so many people claim one package has better SQ than another? Secondly, in a similar vein, I can't see how a USB cable (or any digital cable for that matter) can make a difference to SQ, unless its bad enough that is actually causing 1s to read as 0s or vice versa (which seems unlikely to me?). Yet, reviews on this very site claim, in quite a matter of fact manner, that certain USB cables produce sound superior to others. Is this possible, anyone have any first hand experience or views on this?