I don’t think you will be seeing Quantum Computing embedded into your desk side, desktop, laptop, handheld or Audiophile stack... Maybe at some point in the future you may see it in the Recording Studio or Streaming Services... And then most likely not... Computing components in the last 50 years or so have not been anything new... Just smaller and faster, Moore’s Law, and reinventing the same old same old... A few people are scratching at the leading edge with their FPGA architectures... And even FPGAs are pretty old tech... Folks are still having a difficult time fully understanding and simulating the works of Maxwell, Tesla and Faraday... On a long enough timeline the survival rate for everyone drops to zero...
Will Quantum computing change the DAC game (in our lifetimes)?
As top-end DAC technology has crossed the $100,000 line (MSB Select II fully loaded), we owe it to ourselves to ask where the technology is going before making a very substantial investment in our never-ending quest for sonic perfection. Is there a likelihood Quantum computing (going beyond “0” and “1”) will impact the streaming of music anytime soon? Do we know if anyone is working on this? Some DACs claim to be future-proofed, but I question whether any binary (0/1) digital processor would be able to accommodate quantum? How do we quantify the risk current DAC technology becomes obsolete? Or, is the answer simply something along the lines of that old adage “if you have to ask ...” you should have stuck to vinyl?