Hi Cornell System is strange here. I had a home theater amp which I used with a set of no man brand speakers which cost me about les than 200 dollars [that is the speakers]. They are floor standing speakers. It sounded OK with the home theater amp which is also no man brand but not that hot. Then I hooked up the pair of speakers to the NAD c320 and both my friend and I were astounded at the results! And this from chinese speakers which are not made by any recognised brand!
Andre -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cornell Ligon Sent: 30 March 2007 04:48 PM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: RE: SOUND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT AUDIO PLAYERS Andre, No, I understood what you were stating, but Im such a junky for audio equipment in any capacity and Im familiar with Nads reputation for keeping things simple without too many bells and whistles. Im also an audio file, but I began to incorporate home theater A/V into my system back in 91 with an Onkyo 70 Pro integra receiver with discreet amplification. For the most part, I fully agree with you about home theater systems not that great for audio files. However, when you get into higher end systems, at least with a few out there, they tend to accommodate audio listening quite well along with the home theater features. But, that typically means spending $1800 to almost $4000 for a good system. Quick note I had a great 6 channel 170 watts per channel rms THX Parasound power amp that I sold two years ago and kind of regret now, but tend to like to change up audio equipment every few years Sorry to get so far off topic. Best Regards, Cornell ----Original Message Follows---- From: Andri van Deventer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Subject: RE: SOUND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT AUDIO PLAYERS Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:59:52 +0200 Hi Cornell The Nad c320b is an integrated amplifier. I do not need a home theter system so I went for a simple amplifier to listen to music. This is a very simple integrated amp with no bells or whistles, like we have ben expecting from NAD over the years. I don't know what their home theater systems are at all. Perhaps I should have stated this in my original message. The reason I asked these questions is that I wanted to listen to high quality music and not home theater. And I must say that the few times I listened to music on home theater systems the sound quality was horrible to put it mildly!! Andre -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cornell Ligon Sent: 29 March 2007 03:51 AM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: RE: SOUND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT AUDIO PLAYERS Hi, is the Nad a power amp or a receiver? In other words, do you have your computer system and stereo or home theater integrated? I did this awhile ago until I realized my phone jack in family room wasn't powerful enough to handle DSL for the nt, so I temporarily move my computer system back into my office. I am however considering a 'Home Thater ' computer to integrate into my Onkyo 989 V2, and also considering upgrading it to a newer B&K audio system that handles HD TV, HD audio files and wireless communication with the PC. being an audio file with 'home audio', I must say I don't quite have the same ear for audio on my computer, because I can't tell much difference in sound quality from using WMP, REal Player or ITunes other than ease of use. Best Regards, Cornell ----Original Message Follows---- From: Andri van Deventer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Subject: RE: SOUND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT AUDIO PLAYERS Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:19:37 +0200 Hi Kevin The setup I use here is of course my PC with win xp and windows media player 11. I have a emagic emi 2/6 usb professional soundcard running into a newly-purchased NAD c320b. So I am not using computer speakers but a proper hifi system. So the soundcard in this stage is completely isolated from the computer. Oh yes - on windows media player 11 is there a way to completel y turn off the equalizer? I know there is a certain menu item to not make the equalizer show but is it then turned off completely? Andre -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Lloyd Sent: 28 March 2007 08:55 PM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: SOUND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT AUDIO PLAYERS Hi Andre. In my opinion windows media player provides a better listen than winamp. There's really very little difference but specifically if you listen to live albums or concept albums, windows media player is far superior to winamp in playing the tracks seemlessly. I prefer windows media player personally and I believe you won't get a third party product to play a proprietary format like WMA better than a player produced by the company that produced the WMA format itself. With regards to your other question, no, a computer won't play a CD as well as a good CD player. I've had a number of machines over the years and find the transports are more flimsy than a good quality CD player and don't hold the CD as well. This can lead to jitter and distortion. A computer's CD-ROM is primarily designed to play data CD's and so there was never a need originally to worry about this aspect. Incidentally, I've found laptops to have the better transports which surprised me but they do tend to have a raised centre onto which you can firmly place the disc and so eliminate jitter. After the transport you've got the processing of the signal which is going through a dirty box of electrics in close proximity and generally feeding finally into a not too wonderful soundcard. A good quality CD player will have more separation between the digital processing and power supply to remove RF generated by all that hot electrics. Best way to listen to a collection of music on a computer in my opinion is to get a decent USB soundcard and connect to a quality amplifier, preferably using a digital connection. Regards. Kevin E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andri van Deventer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 8:40 AM Subject: SOUND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT AUDIO PLAYERS > Hi all > > I know that I am now probably starting a rather difficult and perhaps > controversial thread, but I really want to get an answer to my questions. > > 1. Is there a difference in the audio quality between winamp and windows > media player? I like using windows media player but I do want the best > audio quality. I put all my cds in windows media lossless format so I > want > lossless sound out of the audio player also. > > 2. Would you get the same sound quality out of playing audio cds on a > computer than you would get playing them on a good quality cd player? > > I am not really interested in saving my music in wav format as you cannot > seem to get media info on a wav file. > Andre > > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
