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. 

mathiasmingus

Showing 1 response by clearthinker

DACs are the bane of digital.  Once you smash the music up into billions of tiny pieces, no-one can put it together accurately.  Dither and clock error cannot be eliminated.

This is why people spend big bucks on 'better' DACs.  But the pieces still won't fit exactly.