philippe_44 wrote: > As a (very) occasional reader (and even less commenter) of such threads, > I'm afraid that it's hopeless to try to give the correct explanation. > Most people do not understand the fundamental difference between > analogue and digital. As said in another thread, you can chose to > represent your binary information using orange vs apple, black smoke vs > white smoke, any sort of modulated radiowave, light (which is the same) > or any support you want, as long as you use the proper error correction > code (and theory of information give you all the mathematical tools to > chose the right one), this does not change anything. The support/carrier > does not influence the information, where in analogue it does.
Indeed. The DAC is about the D in the first iteration... and any signal is the same in D, and the initial conversion to A follows the universally accepted Nyquist rule... so we have a perfect reproduction of the original signal thanks to Nyquist. Q1: Does anyone dispute that? OK. then we move on and send down the A(nalog) of the equation down the chain. OK, here things get chancier. Digital is predictable, analog is harder. Here we get into noise and signal separation and what not. Ugh. Q2: Does anyone dispute the really relevant letter in DAC is the A? And that there, it's not just about the DAC chip, but the entire A subsystem? ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine (on VMware Workstation 12) running Ubuntu 16.04 + LMS 7.9 System: SB Touch --optical->- Benchmark DAC2HGC --AnalysisPlus Oval Copper XLR->- NAD M22 Power Amp --AnalysisPlus Black Mesh Oval->- Totem Element Fire Other Rooms: 2x SB Boom; 1x SB Radio; 1x SB Classic-> NAD D7050 -> Totem DreamCatcher + Velodyne Minivee Sub Computer audio: workstation --USB->- audioengine D1 -> Grado PS500e/Shure 1540 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106593 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
