In Reply to: MSB has been producing one for quite awhile now ... posted by slider on September 7, 2015 at 08:41:04:
I have read the Stereophile review for that dac, and the site you just posted. I wonder what their definition of "discreet" is. They do not show a photo of their discreet dac, like the one below. I wouldn't be surprised if their discreet dac is a chip in a dip. I read in the review, but not the website, that they claimed 32 bit depth. That would be a lot of discreet parts. It seems awful small to have all those parts in it.If you ask me, and I don't want to start no fights, but the reviewers at both Stereophile and Audiostream let them get away with that designation, "discreet" without ever asking one question about it.
Don't get me wrong, I have some nice things to say about Michael Lavorgna and Mercman's reviews of the Totaldac.
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Big speakers and little amps blew my mind!
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- RE: MSB has been producing one for quite awhile now ... - Mr_Steady 09:00:26 09/07/15 (35)
- RE: MSB has been producing one for quite awhile now ... - slider 09:29:48 09/07/15 (34)
- RE: MSB has been producing one for quite awhile now ... - FlyCast 15:40:28 09/26/15 (0)
- Good grief. I find that deeply cool. - jusbe 23:31:02 09/08/15 (0)
- RE: MSB has been producing one for quite awhile now ... - Mr_Steady 09:39:09 09/07/15 (31)
- No, haven't heard one - slider 20:41:18 09/10/15 (0)
- Wonder what the tolerances of the resistors are, or more importantly, what they need to be? - Ivan303 08:37:07 09/09/15 (29)
- I wonder what the temperature coefficient of the resistors are... - AbeCollins 09:20:04 09/10/15 (1)
- RE: I wonder what the temperature coefficient of the resistors are... - Mr_Steady 17:50:29 09/10/15 (0)
- 0.1% tolerance resistors would result in a junk DAC - Tony Lauck 17:18:56 09/09/15 (23)
- RE: 0.1% tolerance resistors would result in a junk DAC - Mr_Steady 18:16:32 09/09/15 (1)
- RE: 0.1% tolerance resistors would result in a junk DAC - Tony Lauck 19:09:23 09/09/15 (0)
- Thankfully the board in question comes with choice of... - Ivan303 17:37:36 09/09/15 (20)
- RE: Thankfully the board in question comes with choice of... - Tony Lauck 18:20:39 09/09/15 (19)
- RE: Thankfully the board in question comes with choice of... - TubeDriver 12:19:48 09/10/15 (0)
- RE: Thankfully the board in question comes with choice of... - Mr_Steady 18:57:34 09/09/15 (15)
- RE: Thankfully the board in question comes with choice of... - Tony Lauck 19:16:41 09/09/15 (14)
- RE:Wiki answer - Mr_Steady 19:40:56 09/09/15 (7)
- RE:Wiki answer - rick_m 09:23:02 09/10/15 (6)
- RE:Wiki answer - Mr_Steady 16:50:26 09/10/15 (5)
- RE:Wiki answer - Tony Lauck 10:07:39 09/12/15 (4)
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- RE:Wiki answer - Mr_Steady 06:22:03 09/13/15 (1)
- RE:Wiki answer - Dynobot 07:00:19 09/13/15 (0)
- RE: Thankfully the board in question comes with choice of... - Mr_Steady 19:34:38 09/09/15 (5)
- RE: Thankfully the board in question comes with choice of... - morricab 13:01:53 09/10/15 (1)
- RE: Thankfully the board in question comes with choice of... - Mr_Steady 16:30:10 09/10/15 (0)
- RE: Thankfully the board in question comes with choice of... - Tony Lauck 20:06:29 09/09/15 (2)
- RE: Thankfully the board in question comes with choice of... - ahendler 22:04:33 09/25/15 (0)
- RE: Thankfully the board in question comes with choice of... - Mr_Steady 16:06:40 09/10/15 (0)
- Likely enough to cover the dynamic range of anything found on magnetic tape... - Ivan303 18:38:19 09/09/15 (1)
- RE: Likely enough to cover the dynamic range of anything found on magnetic tape... - Mr_Steady 19:06:41 09/09/15 (0)
- RE: Wonder what the tolerances of the resistors are, or more importantly, what they need to be? - Mr_Steady 10:15:27 09/09/15 (2)
- RE: Wonder what the tolerances of the resistors are, or more importantly, what they need to be? - Mr_Steady 10:22:56 09/09/15 (0)
- Perhaps it's time for a change...maybe something smaller?, - Mr_Steady 10:18:32 09/09/15 (0)