With one of my Trax 42 programs set to eliminate compression, feedback reduction, and all possible digital processing, I am getting good results with music. I don’t turn the aids up as far as I do with the regular program. I’m not getting feedback, but if someone needed higher gain, feedback could become an issue with this approach.
Interesting article. Do you know the date? It is not on the page. I read it not that separating the CD player for the DAC as a problem, but as having the master clock at the CD player rather than the DAC as the problem. The author advocates having the clock at the DAC, which is what is normal now. With any good quality DAC (maybe all standalone DACs), the clock in the DAC is used as the master. In fact, my Auralic has a separate, optional, master clock unit. So, really into separates over here!
Although, now that I think about it, I may be closer to your approach than I initially thought. If I were to use a CD player, it would be my Blueray player. It is the $100 CD player approach he talks about that loses nothing when fed to a good quality, clock controlled DAC.
And, my DAC is actually a combination streamer/DAC so, for streamed files, it is like the integrated CD transport/DAC combo for streaming.
Are we losing everyone else yet?