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06-21-2009, 08:53 PM
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MCD500 observations....
Last night I was listening to my TV sattelite through the MCD OPT input. Every once in awhile I was hearing a low frequency distortion. I was worried at first....and thought it might be coming from the TV signal.
Today....no sound. The coax input was working and the cd's would play. I then hooked the OPT to two other sources. Worked fine. Whew....I was worried for a sec. My sattllite receiver OPt out is defunked. Stinks as there isn't another digital out option from that unit. Anyway...as I was changing cables around...did a little test.... I have a custom music PC player with digital coax out to the MCD. I would play a ripped lossless song and compare to a CD in the MCD playing at the same time. then toggle the inputs on the MCD.... I can't hear any difference between the CD playing on the MCD500 and the music coming from the PC. Seriously...I tried hard to find a difference. I did listen at the same "levels" Anyone else tried this? jc
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06-21-2009, 09:01 PM
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Good news....I got a soft small paintbrush and stuck it in the opt output of the sattelite unit. Wiggled it a bit...and now it works....
coolness.... learned something with the troubleshooting though.. jc
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06-21-2009, 09:19 PM
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You are a MasterPainter!
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06-21-2009, 09:28 PM
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06-21-2009, 11:20 PM
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06-22-2009, 07:42 AM
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You're lucky guys,
I tried that also and the quality was very low compared to my drive ( Linn Ikemi ). I think that depends also on the quality of the CD rom drive and way of data extraction of the computer : see the Naim HDX that reads 5 or 6 times the CD when copying it to the HD to avoid reading mistakes... I learned also on AK at that time that there is a program in some computers that actually treat the optical output and that could degrade the sound. I don't remember the name of this program. You know when you have it if the volume control of the digital output is still working.... Best wishes, Jérôme
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06-22-2009, 09:41 AM
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06-22-2009, 02:43 PM
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Direct TV may have a better unit by now. Not sure.
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06-26-2009, 08:37 PM
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Well. I have my mint MDA all boxed up. I'm having a hard time letting go of it though. I miss all the inputs and the "look". I don't even own an SACD. But I can't swallow owning both.
Is there anyone out there using a squeezebox or any other digital pass through from a PC with the MCD500? The MCD500 will only accept PCM signals..right? I'm using an audigy sound card with its pass through with good results. But I was thinking of going another route just to to try out. jc
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