Hi All,
I have seen numerous threads on the same and most of the things have already been discussed in detail. But, just wanted to know couple of things. Before jumping to the questions, here is my setup.
Creek Evolution 50CD Player with DAC.
Exposure 3010S2 Pre-Amp.
Exposure 3010S2 Power-Amp.
Dali Ikon 6 MK2 Speakers.
QED Reference one RCA cables.
Audioquest Rocket 33 Speaker cables.
AND a not-so-bad USB cable (dont know the brand).
Since the CD player has got a DAC, i tried using the DAC (through USB). I used flacs ripped from the audio CDs that i have and compared with audio cd playback. Though i cannot say the USB playback was bad, Audio CD being better is what i felt.
Laptop - Acer Aspire E1-470P
Software - Foobar with WASAPI(EVENT mode) with fidelizer with optimization level set to "audiophile". Volume level has been set to 0.0 dB. Replaygain has been disabled too. Bitrate has been set to 24 bit (my DAC accepts a maximum of 24bit 96KHz signal through USB).
Now, this is what bothers me. Why is the quality not comparable to CD? I am feeding bit-perfect data (at least this is what i believe) to the DAC, which is an asynchronous DAC, ensuring very low timing issues and jitter (at least not to make any audible differences). The same DAC is getting used in CD playback as well.
What am i doing wrong? Any other suggestions? Will there be an increase in sound quality if i use a high-end USB cable? Please give your inputs.
Thanks,
Miany
I have seen numerous threads on the same and most of the things have already been discussed in detail. But, just wanted to know couple of things. Before jumping to the questions, here is my setup.
Creek Evolution 50CD Player with DAC.
Exposure 3010S2 Pre-Amp.
Exposure 3010S2 Power-Amp.
Dali Ikon 6 MK2 Speakers.
QED Reference one RCA cables.
Audioquest Rocket 33 Speaker cables.
AND a not-so-bad USB cable (dont know the brand).
Since the CD player has got a DAC, i tried using the DAC (through USB). I used flacs ripped from the audio CDs that i have and compared with audio cd playback. Though i cannot say the USB playback was bad, Audio CD being better is what i felt.
Laptop - Acer Aspire E1-470P
Software - Foobar with WASAPI(EVENT mode) with fidelizer with optimization level set to "audiophile". Volume level has been set to 0.0 dB. Replaygain has been disabled too. Bitrate has been set to 24 bit (my DAC accepts a maximum of 24bit 96KHz signal through USB).
Now, this is what bothers me. Why is the quality not comparable to CD? I am feeding bit-perfect data (at least this is what i believe) to the DAC, which is an asynchronous DAC, ensuring very low timing issues and jitter (at least not to make any audible differences). The same DAC is getting used in CD playback as well.
What am i doing wrong? Any other suggestions? Will there be an increase in sound quality if i use a high-end USB cable? Please give your inputs.
Thanks,
Miany