Re: Sound quality question

On Apr 20, 4:13 pm, Iordani <somewh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Serge Auckland wrote:
> > "Iordani" <somewh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >news:fudnus0299f@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>I have a sound system which I'm very pleased with.
> >> (System Audio Explorer speakers and Musical Fidelity A300 amp and A3
> >> CD-player)
>
> >> If I were to convert my CDs to some lossless file format and store
them
> >> on an (external) hard disk drive and then play them using computer
and
> >> some
> >> media player to feed my amp,  would there be any theoretical or real
> >> difference in sound quality compared to using my CD player.
>
> >> Answers and/or pointers highly appreciated.
>
> > Both theoretically and practically, there should be no difference
between
> > a CD played on a CD player, and the same audio off a hard-disk. This
of
> > course assumes that the sound card in the PC is of decent quality. The
> > audio system on the motherboard of some PCs is sufficiently poor that
it
> > could well sound worse than the CD player, but if you buy a good card,
> > then there will be no difference.
>
> > S.
>
> Many thanks to all who answered my question.
> Just what I needed to get me started.
> I didn't even know there was an computer audiophile community out
there...:)
> Thanks again.

Get an external USB DAC and it will offer much better sound quality
than an internal card. The power supplies inside PCs are so noisy
compared to an external USB DAC,

Chris

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