rkrug wrote: > Well - somewhere, I have to convert from digital to analog - so I need > a > DAC and an amplifier and a speaker. Finally, these things might be in > one box (the speaker), and (*im theory*) working perfectly together, > but > still - isn't this again the good old transistor radio?
The transistor radio sacrificed a lot of things in order to be portable. A better analogy would be the traditional stereo system centered around integrated amplifier. You have a source (record player), a control unit (the amp), and the speakers. In the brave new fully digital world, you have a source (a server somewhere, probably on the Internet), a control unit (phone or tablet), and the speakers. You already have this in a lot of bluetooth "lifestyle" systems - but AES67 etc. allows you to do it at the highest possible sound quality, and with a lot more flexibility. "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105611 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
