Can a DAC sort out a flat\cold amp?
My pc is connected to an external sound card (scarlett 2i4 by focusrite). I bought the Yamaha a-s1200 & am really disappointed at the brightness & the lack of bass to the extend I prefer listening to my portable JBL boombox. I'm in no position to sell or trade this amplifier so I thought a DAC with eq may help the predicament. Since auditioning my equipment is not an option in my country I have no choice but to buy something purely on recommendations. I also thought about replacing the speakers but since I listen to soundcloud & youtube i really think upscaling & eq will be much more cost effective option in sorting out this issue & may give me the confidence to try a much more expensive speaker option. what would you recommend?
The room will be a mess, but I don't think the speakers in that location nor even the reflective surface are going to result in too little bass. I would expect boomy bass from the near corner placement. Something is broken. One of the speaker polarities wrong, bad amp, etc. Replacing the speaker cables, using Roon (except for equalizer which you can do much cheaper), interconnects, DAC, and a bunch of other things is not going to make any difference. Find out what is broken and fix it. Buy a microphone and learn how to measure your setup, then you will not need to guess. |
+1 @crustycoot. Some audiophile don't want to accept that flat frequency response and low distortion can only have one result as long as the output resistance is not high. |
