Guys, here is where I was going wrong! I was thinking about that 16 bit waveform and then I was thinking in 16/44 DAC terms (I was sleep deprived!) which should smooth it analoguely.
Obviously these DACs are not 16/44. But, I would expect an upsampling 24 bit DAC to smooth 16/44 digitally. I'm guessing when Stereophile tested the 16 bit undithered waveform they used a file at the highest sampling rate and bit depth...just mimicking a 16 bit waveform within it. So the DAC doesn't treat it to any upsampling goodness...it assumes the customer wants a hi-rez stair case, the customer gets a hi-rez stair case. Darren Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using Tapatalk -- darrenyeats http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A3H57URKQB8AQO/ref=cm_pdp_content_listmania/203-7606506-5721503. SB Touch ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94054 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
