I have no desire for a dCS stack as it wouldn't provide anything audible that I don't already have.
Take a little Topping E30 DAC it has a SINAD of -113 and the THD +N is about .0024% which is about -95dB.
The Linn Akurate DSM has a SINAD of -110 and a THD+N around .001% or about -100dB.
Both of these DACs reconstruction filters roll off the high level frequency above 22Khz as required by digital audio theory.
Perhaps some people could tell one from the other in a blind test I doubt I could.
One DAC is $139 the other $10,500 in a sighted test which one will win consistently?
Power supply noise and OP amp compression isn't that important as long as the output measurements are extremely good as long as the DAC can cope, if it can't then you don't have a well engineered DAC.
Which of the 2 aforementioned DACs have power supply issues and reconstruction filter problems?
Take a little Topping E30 DAC it has a SINAD of -113 and the THD +N is about .0024% which is about -95dB.
The Linn Akurate DSM has a SINAD of -110 and a THD+N around .001% or about -100dB.
Both of these DACs reconstruction filters roll off the high level frequency above 22Khz as required by digital audio theory.
Perhaps some people could tell one from the other in a blind test I doubt I could.
One DAC is $139 the other $10,500 in a sighted test which one will win consistently?
Power supply noise and OP amp compression isn't that important as long as the output measurements are extremely good as long as the DAC can cope, if it can't then you don't have a well engineered DAC.
Which of the 2 aforementioned DACs have power supply issues and reconstruction filter problems?