drmatt wrote: > This is it, is got to be too simplistic to say they all sound the same. >
Well they don't *all* sound the same, but the vast majority of them do. > > I am inclined to think that all DAC chips *can* sound the same - > assuming they have equal quality power supplies and are driving a > particularly easy load, but that's not the real world. > All DAC chips don't sound the same, just the ones that are well-designed and are designed to be sonically transparent. > > Last time I did listening tests it took some pretty sorry crap for > example the DAC in a CD-ROM dri for its headphone jack, to actually be > bad enough to sound difference. Through about 2005 it was possible to > find PC's that had bad enough DACs to actually sound bad, but now it > takes some substandard design of the PC layout on the motherboard to > make them sound difference, and the difference is usually obvious stuff > like hum and noise. > The idea DACs need special attention in the power supply or line driver department to sound right is an audiophile myth. It would be fun to set up a good listening test at a high end hi fi show and watch all the self-important owners of expensive DACs learn the truth. I doubt that they would let me rent a booth, as the outcome would be a disaster for the big financial interests. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ arnyk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64365 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106519 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
