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In Reply to: RE: So... any idea why both of Wavelength and Ayre sound better,... posted by Todd Krieger on November 02, 2009 at 00:15:11
"The Benchmark uses asynchronous sample-rate conversion, the Ayre does not........ I don't think the Wavelength does either. That IMO would likely be the main "technical" reason why the Ayre and Wavelength would sound better. The Ayre also uses minimum phase filtering, which IMO widens the advantage."
And in true audiophile style, the most significant measureable difference up to 3.75dB @20dB in respect of the Ayre is conveniently ignored. FTR, Wolfson implemented a Linear phase as well minimum phase filter with just -0.18dB @20kHz. Therefore there is lot more going on with Wavelength and Ayre DACs, the MP filter does not account for the severe roll-off @20Hz measured on both DACs.
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