@djones51It is some effort to design audio equipment on the first place, and the product is made as an island. There. The specs are published as if the device wasn't connected to anything other than a power supply.
When the device is connected to another device the abstract world of the original device no longer exists, it's part of a system, connected to noise makers left and right on just about an infinite scale of interfaces.
How the device now sounds can be totally different to what the designer had intended and blame for that is directed at the wrong component.
DACs are so vulnerable, since the ultimate output is the translation of the source and it's noise from power supplies, processors, cabling, the list goes on. The digital chain is far too long and allows interference to readily transmit.
One user may praise the DAC while another is ready to throw it against a wall. I went through a similar process with the Curious cable. It was a disaster in my system, but others were fine.
When the device is connected to another device the abstract world of the original device no longer exists, it's part of a system, connected to noise makers left and right on just about an infinite scale of interfaces.
How the device now sounds can be totally different to what the designer had intended and blame for that is directed at the wrong component.
DACs are so vulnerable, since the ultimate output is the translation of the source and it's noise from power supplies, processors, cabling, the list goes on. The digital chain is far too long and allows interference to readily transmit.
One user may praise the DAC while another is ready to throw it against a wall. I went through a similar process with the Curious cable. It was a disaster in my system, but others were fine.