@sns careful, that isn't the dogma here... Apparently bits have emotions
Are streamers digitally enhanced?
I had a conversation yesterday with a studio engineer friend and I was telling him about the sound of my Innuos Pulse. He has heard my system with the Node 2i and was skeptical about how much difference a better streamer could make.
After I described improvements in soundstage and overall sound quality he remarked that it sounded like some digital enhancement, similar to a studio plugin, was part of the higher end circuitry. I offered that it was revealing, not enhancing, and he replied "how do you know".
How do we know? Digital circuitry is controlled by software/algorithms and these can't be readily seen like hardware. When new hardware comes out, reviewers can open the hood and look inside. But what do we know about how streamers or DACs are processing the signal? Is the goal purity or beauty?
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@soix Fortunately I'm not plagued by the ability to hear difference between asynchronously timed bits over USB for a streamer so yeah I enhanced my system by the only ways that sounded audible to me. Do not feel sorry for me, I am content with where my whole setup is now. Can't get better. Can get louder though but I'm not listening from more than 12ft out so speakers having sustained 110dB SPL with peaks into the 120dB are not on my radar.
I hope not to get to a place I can hear a difference though cos I will obsess to the high heavens to find out why |
@mashif lol I like this reply... their passive aggressive comment was weird. why did they put studio engineering quotations |