> Especially on the DAC side. Lots of snake oil that measures worse than very cheap solutions.
-Which, cynically speaking, is really a requirement. After all, many manufacturers of such gear claim a 'house sound' - but how do you differentiate between sonically transparent gear?
You don't. Hence you need to add some imperfection to the sound in order to claim an (audible) edge over others.
Or, as (signal processing major) me liked to quip to audiophile friends - "Tube sound? Tube sound can be DSP'd!
-Which, cynically speaking, is really a requirement. After all, many manufacturers of such gear claim a 'house sound' - but how do you differentiate between sonically transparent gear?
You don't. Hence you need to add some imperfection to the sound in order to claim an (audible) edge over others.
Or, as (signal processing major) me liked to quip to audiophile friends - "Tube sound? Tube sound can be DSP'd!