I put it to you Sir that you are a Propellerhead.
Originally Posted by
Macca
What you are describing about the audible effect of jitter is incorrect. And as the AES paper I linked to demonstrates, jitter is inaudible in all but worst case scenarios. All cd players deal satisfactorily with jitter. You are more actually likely to increase jitter by using a separate transport/streamer and DAC, not less likely. Although it still won't matter. And bit perfect is irrelevant, it makes no difference if you read the file from a cd or from a hard drive So we are at pretty much 180 degree opposing views
Not that it matters, I think it is good that all sides of the picture get discussed.
Ollies Pi set up sounded good. £200 is indeed a bargain. I'd have to listen to it in my system though before I could safely say it is an improvement on the Sony cd player I'm using right now which was an even better bargain at £50.
Ollie's pie set up sounds good because he has properly sorted amplification. That's why when we stuck a budget 1995 Sony CD player (£40 from ebay) in there last Autumn it also sounded good.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables