In Reply to: RE: Digital improving -final posted by J. Phelan on April 16, 2016 at 17:39:05:
"Alright - so before 2010, most DACs were programmed wrong -to pre-ring. But how audible is this ? Is there proof ?"Right or wrong really doesn't apply.... It's a matter of personal preference.
Linear phase measures better, especially "phase error".... But I think minimum phase is truer to the original pre-digitized audio waveform..... There are fans and detractors of both. All things equal, I prefer minimum phase.... (I think minimal pre-ringing sounds more pleasant than no pre-ringing, but there should be more post-ringing, relatively speaking.)
"I believe there's bit-switching noise, but I thought digital measured very good. Has anyone measured the RF ?"
There should have been a log with such data put forth back since day one of digital audio playback..... I think it would impact people's decisions on what products to attain.... All I know is that putting an AM radio near an active DAC, the radio station is often drowned out by the noise from the switching in the DAC. (This is why I never liked PCs for digital audio playback. They're RFI monsters relative to dedicated DACs.)
Edits: 04/16/16
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