darrenyeats;695118 Wrote: > I was thinking of these (figure 5 in each case): > http://www.stereophile.com/content/benchmark-dac1-usb-da-processor-headphone-amplifier-measurements > http://www.stereophile.com/content/simaudio-moon-evolution-650d-cd-player-measurements > > Though, I imagine the dithered versions would appear smooth.
Thanks... If you are referring to figs 5 & 6, they look pretty good to me. I note they are 24-bit data, so you can ignore my 1-bit remark! The waveforms aren't really "staircases"... They have some HF distortion which looks like low level non-linearity to me, but really as I said these signals are very very low-level and in audible in practice. It's not clear to what Stereophile think these measurements prove in terms of sound quality? - my guess is nothing, so they are only meaningful as an engineering benchmark in comparison with other DACs. Regards Phil -- 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/W7)+Teddy Pardo PSU - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters,VdH Toslink,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones 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=94054 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
