In Reply to: Why should one buy a DAC? posted by troutbum on June 12, 2012 at 13:49:03:
You are not alone that is for sure, they tell us hat we need them then it turns out we already have them in our computers, players and amps. What I can't get a clear explanation on is how a $1.00 Dac in a Mac, can do 80% of what a high end, high price, as much as a car costs, or a down payment on a house Dac can do?
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- $1 point of Diminishing return - Sumflow 19:52:18 06/12/12 (37)
- Have you ever heard a DAC? Do you own a stereo? -t - Sordidman 08:53:10 06/13/12 (20)
- Archimedes Gold - Sumflow 11:04:26 06/13/12 (19)
- That is not true - Sordidman 16:47:32 06/13/12 (17)
- RE: That is not true - Sumflow 17:29:58 06/20/12 (0)
- Blind Listening Tests - Sumflow 19:01:36 06/13/12 (15)
- Thanks for the link! I have bookmarked it. - Pat D 19:36:18 06/20/12 (0)
- if I were a loudspeaker manufacturer - DrChaos 17:41:04 06/18/12 (0)
- There IS no "need" to have blind listening tests. - carcass93 14:20:46 06/14/12 (10)
- RE: There IS no "need" to have blind listening tests. - DrChaos 17:45:58 06/18/12 (2)
- One of the reasons is that differences lie in high frequency range, which.... - carcass93 11:37:15 06/19/12 (0)
- RE: There IS no "need" to have blind listening tests. - Tony Lauck 20:19:58 06/18/12 (0)
- RE: Blind tests - Sumflow 14:40:38 06/14/12 (6)
- Pictures you use are neither funny nor relevant - but... - carcass93 14:55:06 06/14/12 (1)
- I think that he can post pictures at Hydrogen Audio too... - Sordidman 11:38:21 06/15/12 (0)
- From your level, - you wouldn't know about conflict of interest - Sordidman 14:53:14 06/14/12 (3)
- RE: Caveat emptor - Sumflow 15:09:55 06/14/12 (2)
- RE: Caveat emptor! yes with all things.......... - Sordidman 16:09:06 06/14/12 (1)
- Price .. what the market will bear. - Sumflow 23:55:09 06/20/12 (0)
- Sighted listening removes veils! - Old Listener 13:58:44 06/14/12 (0)
- more incorrect assumptions: can you stop with the pictures? - Sordidman 08:54:27 06/14/12 (0)
- RE: Archimedes Gold - soulfood 14:17:53 06/13/12 (0)
- Graph - Frihed89 08:45:41 06/13/12 (0)
- your graph is wrong - Joe Murphy Jr 20:46:33 06/12/12 (14)
- RE: your graph is wrong - Sumflow 22:04:58 06/12/12 (4)
- perhaps we're discussing different subjects - Joe Murphy Jr 15:50:13 06/13/12 (3)
- RE: perhaps - Sumflow 16:05:49 06/13/12 (2)
- RE: perhaps .. - Sumflow 16:09:40 06/13/12 (1)
- we are in agreement on both counts [nt] - Joe Murphy Jr 21:30:26 06/13/12 (0)
- Diminishing returns - Sumflow 21:39:52 06/12/12 (8)
- Graph does not account for hearing acuity and system resolution - Dynobot 05:21:15 06/13/12 (7)
- Hearing acuity and resolution - Sumflow 11:32:55 06/13/12 (2)
- RE: Hearing acuity and resolution - Tony Lauck 15:40:46 06/13/12 (0)
- You've got it all figured out..... - Dynobot 12:03:58 06/13/12 (0)
- RE: Graph does not account for hearing acuity and system resolution - Tony Lauck 09:26:48 06/13/12 (3)
- RE: Graph does not account for hearing acuity and system resolution - Dynobot 10:10:37 06/13/12 (2)
- RE: Graph does not account for hearing acuity and system resolution - Tony Lauck 13:24:42 06/13/12 (1)
- RE: Graph does not account for hearing acuity and system resolution - Dynobot 13:44:15 06/13/12 (0)