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RE: CAL alpha DAC. UVC or EZ linestage?

Posted by Thorsten (M) on December 23, 2010 at 19:59:49

In Reply to: RE: CAL alpha DAC. UVC or EZ linestage? posted by criv911@enter.net on December 23, 2010 at 10:33:57:

Hi,

Swings & Roundabout? It's english short for saying what you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts, meaning in this case that what one of the volume control solution gains in one area over others (swings) it looses in other areas (roundabouts), meaning there is little absolute performance difference and what is best in a given system will depend on context.

For example, a TVC breaks groundloops but does not sound as good as the AVC (which cannot break groundloops) with higher source output impedances. The UVC offers a constant resistive 100K input meaning it cares least about what drives it, but it must use an active gainstage or buffer (including the optional on-board buffer) to sound good and then still gives up something in the dynamics department to TVC/AVC at low volume levels.

So one needs to consider what matters most in ones own system.

Or as one says in England, "swings & roundabouts"...

Ciao T
Thor

At 20 bits, you are on the verge of dynamic range covering fly-farts-at-20-feet to intolerable pain. Really, what more could we need?

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