22-Feb-2016, 12:22
(22-Feb-2016, 03:23)Pim van Vliet Wrote: Here's something to contemplate. If it's so obvious that an incoming signal needs 'work done', shouldn't a good DAC maker do that themselves? I guess what I'm trying to say is that if (and that's a big if) all DAC makers solved the problems that are now solved by Regen, Mutec etc. There wouldn't be a market for them.
And that theory could also explain why some people hear bigger differences on their equipment than others, after installing such devices. After all, the best DAC makers out there should know how to deal with 'difficult' data.
At this point I think it's worth pointing out that Devialet themselves claim that none of these tweaks in the digital domain are capable of having any impact on the sound. In other words they are already solving the "problem".
Guillaume
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