In Reply to: An insolent provocation .... if a usb dac is very well design (and built) the pc quality should not matter posted by beppe61 on December 10, 2014 at 00:12:52:
Hi,
> is this true ? that if a usb dac is really well designed its
> performances should be quite independent from the pc used ?
Depends on how you define "performance". You must account for the system.
Unless the PC is fully isolated from the DAC (requires USB isolation, real one) your systems performance is likely to be influenced to some degree by how the PC manages RFI, noise etc.
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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- RE: An insolent provocation .... if a usb dac is very well design (and built) the pc quality should not matter - Thorsten 03:08:10 12/10/14 (24)
- RE: An insolent provocation .... if a usb dac is very well design (and built) the pc quality should not matter - beppe61 04:01:21 12/10/14 (23)
- RE: An insolent provocation .... if a usb dac is very well design (and built) the pc quality should not matter - Thorsten 04:37:07 12/10/14 (22)
- RE: An insolent provocation .... if a usb dac is very well design (and built) the pc quality should not matter - audioengr 11:04:32 12/13/14 (2)
- RE: An insolent provocation .... if a usb dac is very well design (and built) the pc quality should not matter - Thorsten 22:37:28 12/13/14 (1)
- RE: An insolent provocation .... if a usb dac is very well design (and built) the pc quality should not matter - audioengr 11:36:39 12/14/14 (0)
- RE: An insolent provocation .... if a usb dac is very well design (and built) the pc quality should not matter - beppe61 05:49:17 12/10/14 (18)
- RE: An insolent provocation .... if a usb dac is very well design (and built) the pc quality should not matter - Thorsten 12:05:24 12/10/14 (17)
- RE: An insolent provocation .... if a usb dac is very well design (and built) the pc quality should not matter - beppe61 23:11:13 12/10/14 (2)
- RE: An insolent provocation .... if a usb dac is very well design (and built) the pc quality should not matter - Thorsten 00:12:12 12/11/14 (1)
- RE: An insolent provocation .... if a usb dac is very well design (and built) the pc quality should not matter - beppe61 03:00:57 12/11/14 (0)
- RE: An insolent provocation .... if a usb dac is very well design (and built) the pc quality should not matter - Tony Lauck 14:00:04 12/10/14 (13)
- Correct - audioengr 11:06:33 12/13/14 (0)
- RE: An insolent provocation .... if a usb dac is very well design (and built) the pc quality should not matter - Thorsten 00:18:01 12/11/14 (11)
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- RE: An insolent provocation .... if a usb dac is very well design (and built) the pc quality should not matter - audioengr 11:09:27 12/13/14 (2)
- RE: An insolent provocation .... if a usb dac is very well design (and built) the pc quality should not matter - Thorsten 22:39:21 12/13/14 (1)
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- RE: An insolent provocation .... if a usb dac is very well design (and built) the pc quality should not matter - Tony Lauck 10:35:53 12/12/14 (3)
- RE: An insolent provocation .... if a usb dac is very well design (and built) the pc quality should not matter - Thorsten 03:52:07 12/13/14 (2)
- RE: An insolent provocation .... if a usb dac is very well design (and built) the pc quality should not matter - Tony Lauck 09:41:08 12/13/14 (1)
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