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RE: The problem is the method used to evaluate DACs and digital sources

Bits were not just bits back in the early 90's when I got my first two box CD player. This appears to still be the case, at least with most equipment and certainly with most audiophile beliefs. Little progress has been made in this regard over the course of two decades.

I don't believe this is an engineering problem. It's a market problem. There are plenty of engineers working for computer equipment companies, telecommunications equipment companies and military equipment companies who know how to provide effective analog to digital isolation and resistence to EMI/RFI at extreme levels. They work in those industries rather than hi-end audio because that's where the money is and also because they have the pleasure of selling their products to knowledgeable customers.

There are a few high end audio designers who understand these issues, but from what I've seen many of them are struggling to afford the necessary lab equipment to bring out stable products. Some also seem more concerned with creating a "house sound" based on coloration as a way of differentiating their products.



Tony Lauck

"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar


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