Some dodgy technical claims in recent posts. 1. DACs with ">16 bit performance" don't keep that performance when employing digital volume control (to be clear I'm not arguing against digital volume control, in fact I'm a fan, nevertheless the observation stands).
2. In audio recording and reproduction the signal passes through a long chain of processes and components, therefore inaudibility of each link in the chain doesn't imply the chain is inaudible ... far from it! In other words, even if one component could be transparent, it could still play its part in audible artifacts in an ensemble. I can think of mic, mic preamp, ADC, studio digital effects (multiple, perhaps many), mixing, mastering, downsampling, DAC, preamp, amp, active crossover, speaker. That's 12 off the top of my head. Stack 12 transparent windows upon each other, they may very well not be transparent. Darren Check it, add to it! http://www.dr.loudness-war.info/ SB Touch ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103842 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
