![]() ![]() Unlike the EVO, the Ayre is not only an interface but a highend DAC too. And trust me, highend it is! At various aspects it even trumps my trusty Mark Levinson no.360S DAC!Ībove: The PC housing the EMU1212M PCI soundcard from which I use the s/pdif output. The PC is pretty much up to date and has very decent specs (Intel 2 core 6600, 2,4GHZ, 4GB Ram, XP SP3). On top of the PC is the HiFace EVo as well as the Arcam rDAC. Music consisted of 4 carefully selected WAV files, ripped from CD with iTunes, then copied via the network to the PC. Also used in a later stage were various 24/96 LP recordings that I had made myself. I took Lossless audio out of the equation because of my preference for WAV/AIFF. Playback was always in native samplerate, no upsampling used, and always using Wave Out (not Directsound) with the most direct route in the playback app’s settings. This means using kernel streaming if available. FLAC conversion and playback was also tested but is discussed in another section below. In all cases the same digital coaxial cable (Wireworld Gold Starlight III+) was used and was swapped bewteen EVO, Ayre and EMU. The same goes for the USB cable (Transparent). The same interlink was used into the same preamp inputs.
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