@cleeds
To do anything correctly in life, you have to be objective. It’s not an option, it’s a necessity.
I have no such mystery agendas for you to investigate, inspector gadget.
If you can’t be objective then you can’t be responsible. It’s that simple.
Going back to DACs - I had said clearly (and stated with confidence) that DIFFERENT headphone DACs sound different, you know, the type you plug in to a smartphone to get output? This is one of the easiest and most modern ways to get wonderful sound quality with speaker systems and with headphones.
I praised a particular device, and further said that the brand in question makes good stuff. And that’s true. It’s fact. You can’t refute it.
Now are there manufacturers that produce total garbage and sell you a ton of measurements on their webpage that are measured using resistive loads, rather than proper reactive loads?
Absolutely. This is where tons of global feedback ruins output by correcting after the fact, looping the waveform, arriving at extremely low THD numbers when it is the lack of compromises and the simplicity of the circuit that lead to the best sound quality.
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
Therefore, simple solid-state DACs without unnecessary variables often sound more transparent. Why? Because you get closer to the original signal.A shorter signal path is a higher fidelity signal path. It's a fact, you can't deny it.
That’s a famous quote. You can learn from it.
