On 18 July 2007 at 0:00, Russ Button <russ@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It's just a standard Samsung DVD player that supports > DVD-audio. I wanted a player that supported DVD-audio, SACD > and standard CD. It was even last year's model, so I got it on > a closeout for about $80. Cool! > I've not experienced much difference in digital sources. A CD > player is a CD player is a CD player pretty much. Yes you can > hear differences between the super-duper whiz-bang gizmo and a > Radio Shack battery powered portable, but it's a lot less than > the sales guys would like you to believe. You found a sales guy?! ;-) > The big difference in the quality of audio playback is in the > loudspeakers, their room placement, the sonic qualities of the > room, and to a lesser extent, the driving amplification. For me, it's always the room that I work on first, or at least one listening position in a room. In an attempt to stay on topic for the forum, I'll suggest that folks have a look at DRC http://drc-fir.sourceforge.net/ for ways to use Linux to measure and correct a room. The documentation is *outstanding* if one wants to learn a lot of theory behind this, and of course, there's the source. -- Kevin _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user
