Ian Dunmore
pfm Member
I have to admit I am genuinely impressed with the Arcam, it sounds very close to vinyl just need to sort out the downscaling, ultimately it will go back if I can’t sort it as do feel cheated
I have to admit I am genuinely impressed with the Arcam, it sounds very close to vinyl just need to sort out the downscaling, ultimately it will go back if I can’t sort it as do feel cheated
I’d dread to think how much a streamer that sounded better than my Pro-ject Perspex, Ortofon Quintet Black and Trichord Diablo (plus NCPSU) would cost...Definitely needs to go back. My streamer sounds much better than vinyl. No pops or clicks [/
I’d dread to think how much a streamer that sounded better than my Pro-ject Perspex, Ortofon Quintet Black and Trichord Diablo (plus NCPSU) would cost...
I genuinely don’t see how that is possible? Vinyl is superior to CD and surely the best you can stream online is CD quality?Oh, a streamer and DAC for a couple of grand would sort that ;-)
Agreed, although Spotify is no longer supported. There is a fantastic plugin called Spotty but it is probably too daunting for the average punter to be worthwhile. Deezer or Tidal remain supported.
I love mine, but I’m a bit of a geek.
I genuinely don’t see how that is possible? Vinyl is superior to CD and surely the best you can stream online is CD quality?
Vinyl is superior to CD and surely the best you can stream online is CD quality?
I genuinely don’t see how that is possible? Vinyl is superior to CD and surely the best you can stream online is CD quality?
Three or four clicks and maybe a restart, very daunting indeed, lol.
Ronnie
It requires Perl Modul IO::Socket::SSL on the server. If you have that or know what that is then it’s not daunting.
I am going to speak to Arcam’s customer service tomorrow and get a definitive answer about if I can actually play 24/196 files
Yes! Here is the response from their customer services, they were really helpful!any luck Ian?
Ronnie
Thank you but doesn’t answer my question regarding vinyl and cd?There are some solid reasons why a streamer can potentially beat a conventional CD player, even using the same source material (the original CD and a bit-perfect rip of that same CD, for example). A conventional CD player has to recover the bits from the disc in near real-time. If it runs into difficulties reading the disc, it has to guess what the missing bits should be or conceal the problem some other way, such as muting the output briefly. A streamer can look much further ahead at the ripped version and there are robust mechanisms built into modern computer networks to ensure that the transfer from server to client is bit-perfect.
Vinyl is superior to CD
I assume you meant to write "I prefer vinyl over CD"? If not, I would love to hear in what way you feel vinyl is superior - clearly that is not true for measurable, objective parameters such as dynamic range, SNR, frequency response, speed stability, distortion etc.[/
You assume incorrectly, there is a depth to the sound of vinyl that I have not heard replicated from CD’s, sorry if it’s not a scientific answer, I’m pretty sure that a million experiments can be performed stating CD is superior but quite frankly the only thing I use to measure sound quality is my ears...
Thank you but doesn’t answer my question regarding vinyl and cd?