"David Looser" wrote in message
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"Michael Chare" wrote

As an alternative to the Transporter you could use a laptop with a
M2Tech HiFace USB/SPIF converter.

Why specify that particular USB/SPDIF converter?, other converters are
available at lower cost but equal performance.

I just happened to know of it, and I don't know of any alternatives, but I
am happy to improve my knowledge!

It was an example not a recommendation.


It would appear that the HiFi world is moving in this direction. Perhaps
partly for convenience, and because it offers the opportunity to use
better than CD quality digital music.


whilst few people old enough to be able to afford this sort of kit can
hear the full range of frequencies present on a CD, let alone anything
supposedly "better".

Yes I have proved that point, as I found that my daughter could quite easily
distinguish between 16/44 and 24/96 flac music files when played via my
hifi, where as I struggle to do this.


What limits the quality of domestically reproduced music nowadays is the
quality of the original recording, the disc mastering, the loudspeakers
and the acoustic environment of the listening area.

That has been the case for a long time.


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Michael Chare