(25-Oct-2018, 10:34)Pim Wrote: david
(25-Oct-2018, 08:22)Hifi_swlon Wrote: If it’s really necessary you have to ask yourself why Devialet wouldn’t have included in the CI the Ethernet cleanup technology required.
That's one of those questions that seems to always stay unanswered. What do DAC manufacturers do inside and how much does it matter? After all, when you design a DAC, your job is to make it sound the best it can be. So if cleaning up the incoming signal has a big impact on SQ then why wouldn't they?
Cost.
Conflict with other design criteria, most designs are a compromise between conflicting requirements.
Belief (rightly or wrongly) that it is not required and is a non-issue.
Not enough room in the case.
They included this in the design, it did not perform as expected, they ran out of time and removed the feature.
Their measuring equipment could not detect an issue, so they assumed (rightly or wrongly) that no issue exists.
Shortage of talent or experience in some areas of the design team
They realised at the start of the CI project that schedule constrains meant that certain features needed to be dropped
Management over-ruling the design team
Who knows.
BTW - @David A - excellent post, some wise words. (#154)
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