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10 years ago high end DAC chips were barely meeting CD specs (96dB of free distortion), nowadays they are at 120dB or better.
Since distortion gets compounded, the distortion from the DAC gets increased when paired with the preamp, increased again with the amp, and increased again with the speakers.
10 years ago high end DAC chips were barely meeting CD specs (96dB of free distortion), nowadays they are at 120dB or better.
Since distortion gets compounded, the distortion from the DAC gets increased when paired with the preamp, increased again with the amp, and increased again with the speakers.