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In the Thread: A tale of two DACs
Post Subject: A tale of two DACsPosted by Romy the Cat on: 1/25/2025
I have right now converted interesting listening. I have two CD players, with identical transport, identical tracking mechanisms, identical output stage but different DACs insight. One vintage delta-signa and another more contemporary Burr Brown. I very intentionally did not go to the naming of the brand and models.
There is a huge difference between them, I would say the difference is huge. Is this difference can clearly identified by all imaginable audio properties from perspective of absolute sounds. One of the converters is absolutely Superior than another in all imaginable dimensions. However the inferior converter, despite completely dismal performance in the realm of absolute sounds .. in fact sound order of magnitude more musical and more palatable to my ears. This is so ridiculous the tie invited tomorrow another listener in my room that I want to confirm the ridiculness of my observation.
I know, for many people out there turm musical it is kind of washy colloquialism when people explain ever since they do not want to take responsibility to name properly. Not me. I know exactly what I am hearing and I think is that after long listening and after long thinking about it I was able to detect what in the sound of those two digital to analog converters serve my perception as "musical". That is go along with all constants each that I have about more or less unified theory of audio reproduction. Ironically it has nothing to do with DACs and digital but purely a property of a complete sound, where one of that converters in compliance with the theory and another does not. I do not own the theory and I do not insist that I know that comple theory. However, the answer to the question why that inferior converter sound better I feel is just another brick in the wall of that unifyed theory of audio reproduction.
Feel free to make your guesses....
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