(22-Feb-2016, 12:22)GuillaumeB Wrote:(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
Exactly, and if they don't acknowledge possible issues or potential improvements they'll never fix these issues or implement the improvements.
I do know now from experience that the USB receiver inside the Devialet (and/or it's processing after) can be improved upon significantly, the Mutec and the other things I've tried prove this, but Devialet is far from alone in this. Even the highest-end DAC's, especially those designed a few years back (like the Devialet) aren't there yet. It's like S/PDIF in the 90's/early 00's, some of you may remember products like the Genesis Digital Lens and the Theta TLC. Products now obsolete since serious hardware designers today do acknowledge the importance of low jitter designs.
I guess and am sure the same will happen for USB since it seems it's not going away anytime soon.
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