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Beyer73
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Apr 29, 2018
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Absolutel not true. The internal Macbook Pro dac arrives maximum at 96khz while an audiophile dac arrives minimum at 32 bit/192khz. And the difference is very noticeble if you listen to high resolution such from Flac files or Tidal Master streaming
fhood
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May 19, 2018
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Beyer73Do you know what khz means? In this case it is thousands of samples per second. Now you may be able to tell 320kbps from lossless. I buy that. But you sure as shit can't tell 96,000 samples per second from 192,000 samples per second. Your brain simply doesn't function at that sort of speed. The quality of a DAC is determined primarily by the level of distortion it introduces during the process of turning a digital signal into an analog one, and not wether it can reproduce at 192khz since you can't hear at anywhere near that resolution.
The amount of pretentious misinformation in the audiophile world is absolutely staggering. The placebo effect is real guys.
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The amount of pretentious misinformation in the audiophile world is absolutely staggering. The placebo effect is real guys.
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riffrafff
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May 20, 2018
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fhoodKHz does not equal kbps. Maybe learn some electronics theory.
RayF
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Jun 4, 2018
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Beyer73Play high sample rate digital audio on Mac computers
The audio hardware in some MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, and iMac computers supports 176.4 kHz and 192 kHz digital audio when connected using optical output.These computers support up to 192 kHz sample rate for audio playback:
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013) through MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) through MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
- iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2014) through iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2014)
- iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015)
- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) through iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015)
- Mac Pro (Late 2013)
- Mac mini (Late 2014)
- Connect one end of a TOSLINK optical cable to the headphone port on your Mac, and connect the other end to your audio device, such as an AV receiver.
- Open Audio MIDI Setup, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
- Select your audio device from the list on the left side of the Audio Devices window.
- If necessary, choose “Use this device for sound output” from the Action pop-up menu .
- Select a sample rate, such as 176400.0 Hz or 192000.0 Hz, from the Format pop-up menu.
OregonMike
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Dec 19, 2020
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Beyer73Huh? What kinda money you offering on a blind listening test? Are you confusing bitrates and audio frequencies? I can hear source differences on some lower bitrate recordings (but still wonder if its the original source or the delivery). But trying to tell 24/96 from 24/192 would need a dog with good musical training. (just my 2 cents).
That said, I will say that the later Mac DAC (2017 on) and amplifiers drives my HD600's pretty well.
I have old ears but but can definitely hear improvements with a good external DAC/Amp, and do it blind A/B. I have listened long (and I think impartially) on both FIIO K5 Pro (bargain!!) and Schiit Asgard 3 (my current choice) and there is a worthwhile improvement. But it is it $300 worth over the stock Apple output? Depends if it eats into food and beer budget, I guess.
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