Mnyb wrote:
Let's measure an audio note DAC voodoo design galore:P and also some
modern home theater amp the complex functionality of those makes
mistakes likly software bugs etc.
Don't get me started on non-oversampling DACs!
There's an obsolete chip made by Philips, the TDA1541A, that's
andy_c wrote:
Don't get me started on non-oversampling DACs!
There's an obsolete chip made by Philips, the TDA1541A, that's become a
fetish item in high-end circles. '_Here_is_but_one_web_page_'
(http://www.lampizator.eu/lampizator/TDA1541%20corner/TDA1541.html)
devoted to singing its
cliveb wrote:
Forgive me if I've misunderstood your position here, but you seem to be
giving Stereophile some points for bothering to measure the device and
publish the figures.
But: having measured this DAC and discovered how catastrophically broken
it is, the review bends over backwards
Mnyb wrote:
To JA's credit he really bash the product but probably holds back a bit
due to comercial concerns . The truth is any supermarket 50$ DVD player
outperforms it even the revised performance with the other sample .
So actually stereophile is doing well pointing out that it does
and further they risk to upsett more than one brand . one fundamental
myth of high end is that price corelates strongly to soundquality that
you can not get perfection for less than multiple 1000$ . 30k$ dac are
common or 100k$ preamps ?
So i'm surprised that they even dare to say that something
