darrenyeats wrote: > It's actually figure 9 I'm questioning. Fig.9 is an example of the > measurement made on every digital source reviewed by Stereophile. The > result varies in each test, and is a measurement at the analogue output. > Have a look at almost any review there e.g. > http://www.stereophile.com/content/chord-electronics-hugo-tt-da-headphone-amplifier-measurements#Vur2dhfuZZR2KXxg.97 > figure 5.
So yes, what they are doing is having an undithered 16-bit signal that has been padded to 24 bits (so that the DAC can't interpolate - it will try to reproduce the artificial signal unchanged). > Note this was discussed a while ago here: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?94054-Has-anyone-listened-to-the-NAD-C-390DD/page3. > Best to start at post #22. John Atkinson even replied in post #34, > though I didn't understand how his reply addressed my concern. He is basically verifying that it is a completely artificial test signal designed to illustrate the symmetry of the DAC (and it is only relevant on old-fashioned non-oversampling DACs anyway). "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=105769 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
