Julf wrote: > Indeed. Many of the more advanced DACs have pretty good DSP capabilities > these days, but the problem is that many of the high-end "designers" > don't have the skill and capabilities to actually program them, so they > prefer "just connect some exotic external components and put it all in > an expensive-looking box" hardware solutions. Mobile phones are designed > by real engineers who actually develop software and hardware.
Aha the "lets stick some tubes in it" solution :) that's why I refer to this as cargo cult engineering . I suspect that the chip vendors reference application is running in those chips , this may not be adapted to real world problems. Or if one is cynical if you can get some fraction of dB more to meet a design goal. To impress those who are impressed with specs . Why not . And the audiophiles will hear whatever they imagine anyway ,just design the product impressive enough and tick some boxes like impressive mechanical build oversized linear psu etc -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103842 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
