On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 06:03 -0800, konut wrote: > Pat, I'd have to slightly disagree with you.
That's ok, we're all friends. and besides, I'm always right :-) > I'd agree that in the studio mics and preamps are often used as > 'flavors' to give a particular sound to a mix With the most highly lusted after preamps being things like the API 512 are not close to flat wire with gain idea. I almost wrote "wire with gain ideal" but neither studio guys or audiophiles use the EE's classic ideal as their goal. > The pro DACs that we ponder here are used primarily in studios and mastering > houses as the last link in the chain and are sought by the pros for > their neutrality, hence the crossover appeal to us. If they use digital at all. Analog rules in large parts of the community. It is sad that the high/wide formats got so little acceptance in the market place. All the oversampling and brickwall filter issues go away, or at least become much smaller, with better than redbook rates. > In all cases I've found that its the analog circuitry that > comes immediately after the DAC chip that contributes most to the final > character of the sound. It is very important. That is what folks like Benchmark are selling, since the guts are all commodity chipsets. > I think you'd agree that both > the Lavry and Benchmark have implimented very clean final output > circuitry. I haven't personally checked out the Lavry, but I do love my Benchmark. But its old now. the IC side of the business keeps moving, altho the basics of class A analog circuits have been known for years. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
