If hooked up to an external DAC and all it does is transporting 1s and 0s digitally, how can that affect Soundstage, how punchy the bass is, etc?
If hooked up to an external DAC and all it does is transporting 1s and 0s digitally, how can that affect Soundstage, how punchy the bass is, etc?
I also seem to struggle why those things you listed matter to SQ. My limited scientific knowledge tells me that the digital signal either gets there or not, and it’s the analogue pathway where information could be degraded.