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Built in DSP = digital equalizer?

Hi, could you elucidate what DSP does, like for example the Wadia Digimaster software? Is it in fact a sort of equalizer that alters the frequency content of music signal so music has less of a mechanical and harsh quality, which is typical of digital music reproduction? If it is true that DSP alters the sound characteristics it is not a puristic way of signal reproduction...

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A digital signal processor is just that. I takes in data processes/transforms it according to a program (usually firmware) and outputs the result.

If the program is to work as an equalizer, it is an equalizer. If the program is to decode DolbyTrueHD into PCM, it is a decoder. If the program is to analyze room acoustics when fed from a microphone input, it is an analyzer.

How transparent it is depends on many, many variables but there is no reason why, given a digital signal, the DSP cannot be subjectively transparent.

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