I myself have listened to many different dacs and all of them have about the same specs but the expensive ones tend to sound clearer with less distortion. Is there some other way to measure a dac quality other than price?
I myself have listened to many different dacs and all of them have about the same specs but the expensive ones tend to sound clearer with less distortion. Is there some other way to measure a dac quality other than price?
An observational assessment of my ‘white box’ DVD player from Amazon (literally no brand name on it anywhere).
The output of the DVD player’s RCAs sounds the same on my system as the optical or coax routed through my SMSL SU-1 DAC.
I assumed the DVD Player’s internal would be lower quality, color the sound, induce some noise, something.
Nope…Optical, RCA, and Digital Coax all sounded exactly the same. The mechanical parts of the player itself is noisy when spinning up, but …yeah…I think the difference in much of the digital gear isn’t maybe the much chips and circuits as it is the parts tolerances, build quality, and “extra features” (if any).