You've been reading too much ASR. Cheap DACs are not outperforming high end DACs.
When Will the DAC Singularity Be Reached?
A humorous title, but wondering if those more in the know have an opinion on either: i) examples today where inexpensive DACs (say under $2500) are comparable or superior to expensive (say over $10K) DACs or ii) can we anticipate that within a relatively few number of years that inexpensive DACs will basically achieve the sound quality of today's expensive DACs? Thanks.
Showing 4 responses by carlsbad2
There is a broad misunderstanding that is encouraged by the manufacturer that the Peachtree GaN1 is a "digital amp". There is no such thing. Inside the PT amp, there is a DAC. My guess is it is a common chip and if you open it up you'll find all the markings polished off of it. The GaN-FET is a different type of class D amp--an analog amp. They have just put everything together in an integrated and marketed it as something it is not. So no, that isn't going to make DACs obsolete, it just moved them inside. Jerry |
@danager Don't take this personally since, as I said above, the manufacturers are encouraging this misconception. But physics and engineering don't support the existence of a digital amplifier. indeed you don't need to buy a DAC, since they have incorporated it. They call this "DACless". marketing...much more believable than physics. Wouldn't it be a great world if we could increase power by manipulating a digital file. our hard drives would power our house. jerry |
@yage you are arguing semantics. The amplification is analog. You are challenging how it is integrated. |