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In Reply to: RE: Those clowns are responsible for a lot of horrible sound posted by Ryelands on June 13, 2011 at 05:24:50:
I asked what I thought were a couple very basic questions that some savvy digital guy like you would answer in 25 words or less. What instead resulted was substantial, basic conflict amongst divergent schools of thought regarding USB audio, plus widespread lamenting about how lousy it is.
What I was able to discern from this is that there are numerous ways to transmit, isolate and condition the USB signal, and to treat noise ahead of and inside the D/A. Excellent treatment takes a lot of expensive circuitry. Each different design approach is accompanied by tradeoffs affecting musical quality and ultimately there's no clearly dominant design. So, for the present, selecting a DAC comes down to matters of personal taste and prejudice, much like phono cartridges. That's a little disheartening-- I wasted a lot of money trying different cartridges in the 70's.
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- RE: No, this thread has been tremendously revealing! - mr.bear 00:38:04 06/14/11 (3)
- RE: No, this thread has been tremendously revealing! - audioengr 13:10:40 06/15/11 (0)
- By George! I think you've got it! - rick_m 07:12:49 06/14/11 (0)
- RE: No, this thread has been tremendously revealing! - Mercman 02:44:23 06/14/11 (0)
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