What does it take to get rid of the digital haze?!

[Musiciseverything]

As I heard someone rise put it, it sounds like a dentist's drill!

I'm wondering how much I need to spend before I stop hearing it!

Is it still the case that a digital setup that gets close to analogue costs thousands?

 

[Fatmarley]

You don't need to spend much at all.

 

[Brian]

Raspberry pi and a dac hat. Under £100.

 

[mansr]

Just stop believing in it. Doesn't cost a penny.

 

[Amber Audio]

Spend a few quid on some herbage, digital haze replaced by a nice relaxed analogue haze

 

[narabdela]

Never heard it myself. I do hear vinyl clicks and pops though, which is ok with some music, but a bummer with Classical.

 

[Amber Audio]

Never heard it myself. I do hear vinyl clicks and pops though, which is ok with some music, but a bummer with Classical.

At least with Classical they don't add vinyl sound effects to the Master - I assume? A couple of LPs lately would have gone back if I hadn't streamed them first.

 

[booja30]

As I heard someone rise put it, it sounds like a dentist's drill!

I'm wondering how much I need to spend before I stop hearing it!

Are you sure it isn't tinnitus (or bias)? If it isn't, maybe you could explain your setup because the question seems unanswerable as it is!

 

[mansr]

Maybe we're missing the obvious, the OP is a dentist.

 

[Octavian]

As I heard someone rise put it, it sounds like a dentist's drill!

I'm wondering how much I need to spend before I stop hearing it!

Is it still the case that a digital setup that gets close to analogue costs thousands?

No equipment will ameliorate your pain.

 

[Zombie]

MQA is the solution they say...

 

[Nic Robinson]

How can you describe this "dentist's drill"? I have literally no experience of what you describe.

 

[Weirdness]

Grab a Bluesound Node 2i(or similar device with bit perfect coax digital out) and a Metrum Octave for relatively peanuts and you'll be rid of it. I still miss mine sometimes most analogue sounding digital product I've had.

 

[Zombie]

How can you describe this "dentist's drill"? I have literally no experience of what you describe.

Prob heard some brickwalled cd.

 

[Arkless Electronics]

Maybe OP has poor analogue source with all the top end and detail rolled off and thinks it's supposed to sound like that...

 

[Subito]

Do you also hear a voice asking, “Is it safe?”

 

[SteveH]

Raspberry pi and a dac hat. Under £100.

This is what I use, albeit attached to 12K of actve speakers.

Sounds incredible. Far better than those muddy (for which read "hazy") analogue things I used as a source previously. Vastly cheaper also.

 

[suzywong]

'Tis nowt but the sound of 101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101

 

[Octavian]

'Tis nowt but the sound of 101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101

Ah yes, that's the sound of "rogue bits" dropping on the floor from unused optical outputs. You might want to use blu tack to prevent that.

 

[suzywong]

Interesting point about Blutack. I must try that.

in days of yore I found that a 100nF CKR06 worked well enough, if not aesthetically pleasing