I recently ripped all my CDs in to lossless FLAC using dBpoweramp and have them stored on a Intel NUC PC that was lying around the house. Objective is to run a PLEX server so that I have my music on my phone and also to be able to switch between albums without getting out of the couch while listening to HiFi.
My CD player runs into my DAC with a COAXIAL cable and my Intel NUC runs into the same DAC with an optical cable.
Now when I play my music from PC, it sounds weaker than when played using a CD player. I have tried different tracks to rule out the placebo effect (I hope). I use PLEX media player when playing the tracks from my computer. Considering there is the same DAC in the middle and the source of the lossless tracks are the same, should there be a difference in sound?
My CD player runs into my DAC with a COAXIAL cable and my Intel NUC runs into the same DAC with an optical cable.
Now when I play my music from PC, it sounds weaker than when played using a CD player. I have tried different tracks to rule out the placebo effect (I hope). I use PLEX media player when playing the tracks from my computer. Considering there is the same DAC in the middle and the source of the lossless tracks are the same, should there be a difference in sound?