In Reply to: On the contrary, the Stereophile tests show that... posted by Jim Pearce on January 31, 2003 at 07:18:11:
as i recall (which may be incorrect), the cd digital audio format was designed with a goal of 90dB S/N ratio.the fact that many cd players exceed the design goal is due to techniques such as oversampling.
what i stated was that i believe sony/phillips designed dsd to be no worse than the cd spec (ie. 90dB) in the worst case.
in which case, any s/n ratio better than 90dB is "per spec" in my opinion.
i could of course be wrong and will be happy for someone to point this out. but until then, i am not concerned with the results in stereophile since i don't believe they subjectively impact the listening experience (as stereophile themselves point out).
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- no misunderstanding at all - Christine Tham 14:07:57 01/31/03 (0)