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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...

Chris
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wonderful_electric
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I don't think DSP necessarily mean digital equalization. It simply means digital processing which is used in the Wadias to perform precision upsampling and volume control. DSP is not used in the Wadias to equalize the frequency response but is used to facilitate D/A conversion.
wonderful_electric
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I don't think there's a rule to how much DSP is needed for cd to sound good. The only problem with DSP is that it might smear the time responses of the digital signals. However, if carefully implemented the effect will be minimized or even reversed.

Alexander
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