In Reply to: Fair points. posted by Freo-1 on October 24, 2023 at 14:22:36:
"For example, how in the world would you test deltas between a stand alone DAC and the DAC integrated into say a Devialet Expert Pro with speakers supported by Speaker Active Matching support for the speakers? Seems impossible."
That certainly would be challenging. But it's an unnecessary challenge. We can test most ADC/DAC combos against a simple side by side bypass for any audibility. I have done this several times. None of the ACD/DACs were audibly distinguishable. That is transparency incarnate. Unless one is looking for euphonic colorations from their DAC it seems to me the game is over.
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- RE: Fair points. - Analog Scott 15:41:52 10/24/23 (9)
- RE: Fair points. - Freo-1 16:57:42 10/24/23 (8)
- RE: Fair points. - Analog Scott 17:25:37 10/24/23 (7)
- RE: Fair points. - Freo-1 09:05:22 10/25/23 (6)
- RE: Fair points. - Analog Scott 10:12:01 10/25/23 (4)
- The Chord DAC's are more transparent than off the shelf DACs. - Freo-1 10:23:26 10/25/23 (3)
- RE: The Chord DAC's are more transparent than off the shelf DACs. - Analog Scott 10:44:05 10/25/23 (2)
- Your missing the big flick - Freo-1 15:04:12 10/27/23 (1)
- RE: Your missing the big flick - Analog Scott 21:16:12 10/27/23 (0)
- RE: Fair points. - Inmate51 09:24:28 10/25/23 (0)