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Originally Posted by bob katz  Robin, did you also include the digital source so we can reproduce it on our DAC and hear what it sounds like? For example, we may prefer ADC X because it sounds "brighter" but when comparing to the source we see that it's adding arfificial brightness. To my mind, the ADC that sounds most faithful to the source is the winner. In the absence of that, the one which sounds most "euphonic" I guess.
Did you match levels to less than 0.1 dB?
BK |
Hi Bob,
yes, the digital source is included and the samples were level matched (within less than 0.1 dB).
Have a listen to the samples, it's quite interesting I think. It isn't at all easy to determine which "coloration" is the smallest price to pay / which converter comes closest to the original. I myself (so far) favour 2 converters over the rest, to me they sound similarly close to the source, yet they sound quite different from eachother. In the absence of an ideal converter, the different trade-offs each unit brings seem to be noticed / tolerated / weighed differently by different folks. My 'most accurate' might by your 'too colouring'
