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alexd wrote:

To answer your question about DAW output vs tuner. Well Tuner is not highest quality source to start with. I do not think you will hear much difference between DAW analog output and tuner analog output.

It is unquestionable that an FM tuner technically speaking is not a highest quality source to start with but my demands for DAW is very practical and utilitarian – I record FM and my objectives for music server to be able handle FM, nothing more or less. I do not upload up CD, tapes or LP to music server. Still with all my familiarity with FM limitations I might assure you that good FM incredibly complex source for DAW recording and reproduction. A good FM station, a good tuner and a good quality LIVE Broadcast is so sophisticated material that any if not the best A/D, DAW, D/A will round it, even at the limited technically quality of FM. You see, LIVE is live and it has (in some cases) such a complexity of imaging and space that bad digital kills. I have a few cheap USB-based A/D and D/A in here that I was conceding to use for second recording system – they just do not handle FM quality, whatever the quality FM is. So, I would be cautious with your discard of FM quality. I believe that I do have an access to the very good alternative to FM sources (CD, LP, Tape) and frankly speaking I do not feel that FM is some kind of “black ship” among audio sources.

In a contrary to what you said when I try to observe a difference between DAW analog outputs (I used externals DAC) and tuner analog output, in case if I screw up something with my DAW, then I do hear a very clear difference. Over the time I have developed my own methodological ways to tell is the A/D-DAW-D/A chains performs well and equal to what my FM stream does. Change 1dB of gain on DAW – and the A/D-DAW-D/A chain immediately underperforms... There are some other check points… That is why I asked you if you have any check points for subjective testing the noise from impulse PS.

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