I have a five-year old Harmon/Kardon cd player and am interested in going with an offboard dac. There seems to be a growing number of 24/96 dacs in the market now, most notably the MSB and PS-3 units. What I don't understand is how many cd players with 16 or 18 bit on-board dacs can really fully take advantage of a 24/96 off-board dac ? Don't these older players only output a 16 or 18 bit signal ? If so, then why are companies marketing their products as if you will be getting 24/96 resolution simply by popping in the right disc and using their dac ? Any answers out there ?
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Topic - offboard dac question - renaissance 17:16:47 03/11/01 (21)
- Re: offboard dac question - garth 17:43:26 03/12/01 (0)
- Apples and oranges... - NickR 23:42:56 03/11/01 (14)
- Re: Apples and oranges... - renaissance 08:51:59 03/12/01 (13)
- Re: Apples and oranges... - NickR 09:20:21 03/12/01 (12)
- Re: Apples and oranges... - renaissance 10:40:44 03/12/01 (11)
- My final post on this thread. - NickR 10:45:16 03/12/01 (10)
- Re: My final post on this thread. - renaissance 12:18:39 03/12/01 (9)
- 16/44.1 is that and nothing else!!! - garth 17:53:09 03/12/01 (0)
- For the same reasons that...... - Chris Garrett 14:29:41 03/12/01 (7)
- Now that`s what I call an answer! (but check out how you signed off))) - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 16:48:48 03/12/01 (1)
- Actually, there were two other typos in there as well and.... - Chris Garrett 17:02:53 03/12/01 (0)
- Re: For the same reasons that...... - renaissance 16:07:30 03/12/01 (4)
- Sorry, didn't answer the last part..... - Chris Garrett 18:06:31 03/12/01 (1)
- Re: Sorry, didn't answer the last part..... - garth 03:06:39 03/13/01 (0)
- Well here's the kicker..... - Chris Garrett 16:38:36 03/12/01 (1)
- Re: Well here's the kicker..... - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 18:58:46 03/12/01 (0)
- Re: offboard dac question - badman 19:30:34 03/11/01 (0)
- Re: offboard dac question - cooney 17:36:20 03/11/01 (0)
- You can do a search...... - Chris Garrett 17:24:12 03/11/01 (2)
- Re: You can do a search...... - renaissance 20:06:33 03/11/01 (1)
- Re: You can do a search...... - TReestman 17:18:41 03/12/01 (0)