magiccarpetride;664726 Wrote: > You're right, analog comes with more pronounced distortion. > > However, analog distortion is of a different category. It is what sound > engineers refer to as a 'soft knee' distortion, meaning it is > mathematically elegant. Digital distortion, despite being much lower > than analog, is not mathematically nor harmonically pleasing, but is > rather random. That amounts to the harshness and hard edginess to our > ears. I would assume (and I'm an ass in doing that), that popular DACs > are the ones that are designed to somehow compensate for this harshness > (or to cover it up). > > Correct me, I know I'm wrong.
classic :) This is discussed here as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usTT3RuWu_g -- Gazjam ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gazjam's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18604 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81454 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
