07-11-2013 Post does not mapped to Knowledge Tree tuga Posts 174 Joined on 12-26-2007 Post #: 1 Post ID: 19669 Reply to: 19669 Archimago's Musings talks about digital. fiogf49gjkf0d If you are interested in the technical aspect of the effects that different D/AC (no-oversampling, no reconstruction filter) and cable (USB, S/PDIF, Toslink) topologies have on signals I recommend you have a look here: http://archimago.blogspot.com Cheers, Ric "Science draws the wave, poetry fills it with water" Teixeira Pascoaes

07-11-2013 Post does not mapped to Knowledge Tree Romy the Cat Boston, MA Posts 10,155 Joined on 05-28-2004 Post #: 2 Post ID: 19670 Reply to: 19669 Good article, some mistakes however. fiogf49gjkf0d Yes, the author is very accurate in most of his observations. A few mistakes he made. When he said that “I only have a few albums verified to be sourced from an original DSD recording.” Even if the recording were made in DSD then were mastered while doing double-conversion to PCM. Also, most likely there were not 4-bit DSD but 1-bit DSD, which is just insufficient defective format. I also do not like the notion that he brought up that MP3 encoding at 320kbps need to be “compared” to “studio masters”. Sorry, the MP3 are heard and might be identified very instantly. I have hear a few commercial CD that were made from MP3 – a very first bar of listing intently give the idea that it come from digitally compressed source. BTW, this article is not about “D/AC topologies” and I will rename the thered, I hope you “tuga” do not mind. PS: The image he used is fenominal. "I wish I could score everything for horns." - Richard Wagner. "Our writing equipment takes part in the forming of our thoughts." - Friedrich Nietzsche

07-11-2013 Post does not mapped to Knowledge Tree tuga Posts 174 Joined on 12-26-2007 Post #: 3 Post ID: 19674 Reply to: 19670 Look into his other articles fiogf49gjkf0d Romy, His website has a lot more information than that: Do lossless compressed audio formats all sound the same? http://archimago.blogspot.pt/2013/05/measurements-do-lossless-compressed.html Digital Filters and Impulse Response... http://archimago.blogspot.pt/2013/06/measurements-digital-filters-and.html Bit-Perfect Audiophile Music Players  http://archimago.blogspot.pt/2013/06/measurements-part-i-bit-perfect.html http://archimago.blogspot.pt/2013/06/measurements-part-ii-bit-perfect.html http://archimago.blogspot.pt/2013_05_01_archive.html About Those USB Cable Tests... http://archimago.blogspot.pt/2013/06/musings-about-those-usb-cable-tests.html Do bit-perfect digital S/PDIF transports sound the same? http://archimago.blogspot.pt/2013/06/measurements-do-bit-perfect-digital.html TEAC UD-501 PCM and DSD Performance http://archimago.blogspot.pt/2013/05/measurements-teac-ud-501-pcm-performance.html http://archimago.blogspot.pt/2013/05/measurements-teac-ud-501-dsd-performance.html etc. Cheers, Ric "Science draws the wave, poetry fills it with water" Teixeira Pascoaes