arnyk wrote: > Oversampling does not address the problem of DAC amplitude linearity. > The first generation Philips players were oversampled, but used R-2R > ladder DACs that were therefore highly dependent of parts quality for > amplitude linearity.
True. Fortunately most of us have moved on from ladder DACs (I do have fond memories of them - my first one was a 8-bit one made out of discrete resistors on the output of a parallel port, but that was 40 years ago....). "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
