Originally Posted by
Tel19
Both the CD player and the computer are playing through the same system (Denon amp, Celestion Ditton 33 speakers) the only difference is the DAC. They are both attached to a Numac mixer, the CD via standard HQ phono and the computer via USB (so the Numac mixer is providing the DAC from the computer, not a sound card).
I am asking the question because I have ripped the original CD and downloaded 2 or 3 different FLAC rips (presumably also from the original CD but ripped by different software and hardware) and can hear the difference between the FLAC versions (and of course this is using the same DAC to play each).