JackOfAll;571766 Wrote: > It's probably best not to drag this thread off-topic into a > oversampling, NOS, upsampling, ASRC, DNR, multi-bit, sigma, blah, blah > blah, debate..... > > My point was that most of my collection is 16/44.1 and for the most > part I choose to listen to "museum piece" NOS 16 and 18 bit DAC's. > Technology for technologies sake, is not something I subscribe to. > Whilst you might classify a 16 bit DAC as a "museum piece", not > everyone subscribes to that view.
Well OK - lets say "obsolete" then :-) You'll struggle to buy one new these days. There won't be a widespread 16-bit DAC revival anytime soon.. NOS Dac's are a niche rebellion. I find the stance of the handful of vendors that do still sell such things rather bizarre. It's like they just don't believe that the world has moved on - or even that it should! It's a curious anti-pattern that seems more prevalent in audio than any other field. The new stuff is always "worse" than the previous stuff. I mean, would you forego HDTV? Digital imaging? Double glazing? It's exactly the same as when 78's were replaced by microgroove 33's. Backward compatability was required for a decade or so, and IIRC no-one believed the new decks made their old 78's sound better. Eventually, 78-only decks were no longer made... As I explained, 15% of my collection requires a 24/96 DAC - and this percentage will only rise. So for me this is essential technology. I understand you are in a slightly different situation at the moment. Do you not have any HDCD's? Let me try a different way. If you were going out to buy a DAC today, would you get a 16/44.1 DAC or something more flexible? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81252 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
