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Post Subject: DAC comparisonPosted by de charlus on: 7/11/2013
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Such measurements give us ample information regarding the technical parameters of these machines, and if one is seeking to determine preeminence thus, then what you propose is not without merit. However, near-perfection in terms of measurable parameters does not always, as you allude to, equate to superiority of sound quality. As I said above, my friend purchased a TLOX with a DCS DAC, more upon reputation and technological brilliance than listening, and quite quickly found it almost unlistenably clinical and sterile - while still being impressive at certain audiophile tricks - and replaced it with a Kondo DAC, not exactly the last word in measurable accuracy or technological advancement, Nonetheless, in this case the anachronistic, "old-fashioned" Kondo unit triumphed easily in musical terms over the DCS unit commonly regarded as the "state of the art". So, whilst what you propose might be interesting in and of itself, so say nothing of diagnostic in the event of certain sonic peculiarities that it might take longer to isolate the cause of without employing such an expedient, it might be of limited value in the pursuit of satisfying musical reproduction. An interesting thought though.
de Charlus
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