Brought all the audio pc gear down to Dereks last night, Thanks for having me Derek!!
i was curious to hear his turntable and amp and then in turn how my pc held up against the tt
i listened to the turntable and the cd player first,
the TT was as a real good margin ahead of the cd player in nearly all cases, Dynamic range was impressive, seemed thick and flows extremely well.
on first impressions i thought that my core server build should be closer to TT SQ than cd SQ, possibly not just as good as TT.
i was excited to get the pc setup and get comparing
and then............
After many formats and reinstalls my usb3 stick had died. As this never happened before it took me half hour to figure out the fault.
i had a windows 8 ent cad script usb3 key with me,
but compared to core server its more like a space saver spare wheel and not really be at the races at all.
even then we had lost a lot of listening time, but got some comparison to cd
the limping pc in single mode just bet the cd (i had to move closer to the optimum listening position to confirm).
i was disappointed not to have my pc in full working order i should have had a spare.
The evening could have went better but i feel that audio pc shouldn't be that far away from the TT quality.
its just a pity we didn't get a direct comparison.
we will have to get this direct comparison done.
thanks again
nige