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<blockquote data-quote="gavinbirss" data-source="post: 62177" data-attributes="member: 60"><p>Technically it could but one would have to listen to both to be sure. Balanced outputs should be preferred option from DACMagic but some may argue that the optical connection may not be ideal and that there would be differences with different brands of cables.</p><p></p><p>Take into account also that the DACMagic upsamples any input to 192K/24bit and it has three selectable filter settings. Your rips would be 44.1K/16bit at most and compared to the hires music (24bit/96K) there is less information to extract comparatively. The complexity of the music and the quality of the recording are also important.</p><p></p><p>leonpjhb, ultimately you would be the judge of the sound quality and whether it is to your liking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gavinbirss, post: 62177, member: 60"] Technically it could but one would have to listen to both to be sure. Balanced outputs should be preferred option from DACMagic but some may argue that the optical connection may not be ideal and that there would be differences with different brands of cables. Take into account also that the DACMagic upsamples any input to 192K/24bit and it has three selectable filter settings. Your rips would be 44.1K/16bit at most and compared to the hires music (24bit/96K) there is less information to extract comparatively. The complexity of the music and the quality of the recording are also important. leonpjhb, ultimately you would be the judge of the sound quality and whether it is to your liking. [/QUOTE]
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