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Hey guys,
I'm not a huge audiophile, but I always do appreciate good sound. I'm normally a vinyl listener if I'm going to listen to a full album at home, or CD/apple music if I don't own it on vinyl.
Recently record prices are so crazy that some of my old favorite albums that I don't own, I'm grabbing on CD now instead. (Spare me the great CD vs Vinyl debate, CD's are good enough when the record costs 10-100x more IMHO). When I listen to vinyl on my receiver I use a pure/direct mode which bypasses internal digital processing and sounds fantastic. Of course for CD I can only use pure/direct mode if I'm sending an already analog/DAC'd signal to the receiver. I also have the option of digital coax.
My question is, using my Sony STR-DH590 I have a few options for CDs, and I'm wondering what would be the best:
-Use my computer (new iMac) with a USB CD drive, and bluetooth to the receiver (Where the fuck does DAC happen in this equation? is bluetooth sent as digital data to the receiver?)
-Use a CDJ1000-MK3 with RCA out (stereo analog) to the receiver and pure/direct mode
-Use a CDJ1000-MK3 digital coax out to the receiver, so that the receiver is the DAC. I think this is the recommended way in the manual for the receiver.
I'm guessing all the options will sound very good and may even be close to indistinguishable, but I'm curious the thoughts if anyone has any.
I'm not a huge audiophile, but I always do appreciate good sound. I'm normally a vinyl listener if I'm going to listen to a full album at home, or CD/apple music if I don't own it on vinyl.
Recently record prices are so crazy that some of my old favorite albums that I don't own, I'm grabbing on CD now instead. (Spare me the great CD vs Vinyl debate, CD's are good enough when the record costs 10-100x more IMHO). When I listen to vinyl on my receiver I use a pure/direct mode which bypasses internal digital processing and sounds fantastic. Of course for CD I can only use pure/direct mode if I'm sending an already analog/DAC'd signal to the receiver. I also have the option of digital coax.
My question is, using my Sony STR-DH590 I have a few options for CDs, and I'm wondering what would be the best:
-Use my computer (new iMac) with a USB CD drive, and bluetooth to the receiver (Where the fuck does DAC happen in this equation? is bluetooth sent as digital data to the receiver?)
-Use a CDJ1000-MK3 with RCA out (stereo analog) to the receiver and pure/direct mode
-Use a CDJ1000-MK3 digital coax out to the receiver, so that the receiver is the DAC. I think this is the recommended way in the manual for the receiver.
I'm guessing all the options will sound very good and may even be close to indistinguishable, but I'm curious the thoughts if anyone has any.