One does, one doesn't. But I'm happy to put the DACs in the CD players up against anything made today. If they lose, they lose.
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I hear ya. Me neither Tony.
In my experience, the difference in the way SSDs work compared to mechanical hard drives can make a difference to the final sound quality.
Depends on how deep your willing to go into the rabbit hole...even different types of power supply to your hard drive can have an impact.
*Disclaimer* This isn’t a precursor to flogging any new digital audio gear, just passing on experience. (Sorry :))
I guess the bit I'm having trouble with is the perceived lack of physical connection between my storage medium and the rest of the chain. In a NAS connected only by Ethernet cable to the audio system, would the difference between SSD and HDD be audible from the packets being transmitted?
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Adds noise, I suppose. Electrical rather than mechanical. Never done the comparison myself mind. I'd be surprised if I could hear its sole contribution but when you consider that every device involved has the potential to add noise to the signal it can all add up unless steps have been taken to ensure they don't.
Get enough of it and your sending that out with your noughts and ones, into the DAC which adds a bit more, the signal is converted to analogue but it is still just current in a wire and it keeps all that noise with it, through the amplifiers and out of the speakers along with the music. Result is you get a stodgier sound, flatter soundstage, nothing sounds 'real' anymore. Not unpleasant to listen to but not special either.
I'm theorising here, you understand. Based on my own experiences and what I've read. Don't take that as gospel.