File-based audio playback - compressed vs. uncompressed

[Ali Tait]

Ah! I'm loving every moment. Higher, wider, deeper, clearer, and no doubt some more -er words I can't think of right now .

I haven't got round to doing a head-to-head with my Transporter yet, as they're in different rooms, but I feel music is just that bit more involving with the Metrum. I'm going to be moving my living room rack at some point soon, so I'll probably move the Transporter out to my study (now the main "stereo" room) then and hook up both digital and analogue outputs so I can switch between them.

But, for me, the Metrum DAC is definitely a good piece of kit . . .

Like to hear one with a valve output stage.

[bobbasrah]

Any results or thoughts from the usb stick experiment Alex?
Curious, not so much as to the flac/wav myth, rather how the network v usb memory injection compares on that logitech device.