In Reply to: Does a good output stage add much cost to a DAC? posted by Vic D on January 13, 2012 at 14:21:42:
I've been saying this for quite some time over at the PC Audio asylum. Inmates there argue over pico second jitter specs, spinning disks vs SSD, slow vs fast CPU's, .5 meter vs 1.5 meter digital cables, latest Sabre DAC chips vs old Burr-Brown, etc., but none of that matters as much as the quality of the DAC's analog stage.... and downstream components.
I wouldn't be surprised if some inmates there tweak their PC music servers to the limit only to listen to the final result on some cheap plastic Best Buy desktop speakers with matching plastic subwoofer.
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- RE: Does a good output stage add much cost to a DAC? - AbeCollins 22:37:05 01/13/12 (13)
- RE: Does a good output stage add much cost to a DAC? - Bromo33333 06:50:26 04/02/12 (0)
- RE: Does a good output stage add much cost to a DAC? - rick_m 16:43:12 01/14/12 (9)
- RE: Does a good output stage add much cost to a DAC? - Stella 05:33:37 04/02/12 (0)
- RE: Does a good output stage add much cost to a DAC? - AbeCollins 01:35:42 01/15/12 (1)
- RE: Does a good output stage add much cost to a DAC? - rick_m 08:55:24 01/15/12 (0)
- RE: Does a good output stage add much cost to a DAC? - thebordas 20:35:08 01/14/12 (5)
- RE: Does a good output stage add much cost to a DAC? - rick_m 22:59:34 01/14/12 (4)
- RE: Does a good output stage add much cost to a DAC? - Tony Lauck 08:15:25 01/15/12 (2)
- "The audiophile myth "everything matters" is simply not true except as a self-defeating prophecy." Huh? - Vic D 19:00:49 01/15/12 (1)
- RE: "The audiophile myth "everything matters" is simply not true except as a self-defeating prophecy." Huh? - Tony Lauck 19:44:43 01/15/12 (0)
- RE: Does a good output stage add much cost to a DAC? - thebordas 07:09:34 01/15/12 (0)
- well said -- especially the last sentence [nt] - Joe Murphy Jr 09:49:07 01/14/12 (0)
- I seem to lose my audio perspective glossing over PC Audio - Vic D 09:39:41 01/14/12 (0)