moonboy403
Headphoneus Supremus
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I understand that the two most common claims of benefit from a fully differential dac:
1) 6db headroom
2) noise rejection
However, given that pretty much all the dacs I've heard don't suffer from interference and all amps that I've tried have more than enough headroom already, what's the benefit of a fully differential dac at the expense of running the signal through twice the circuitry?
Often times, I hear that it's not worth it if you get a balanced amp without a fully differential dac, but what is the reason behind it if the balanced amp offers a phase splitter which ultimately still give you balanced drive capability?
I own a fully differential dac myself, but I really didn't hear much improvement, if any at all, when I moved from RCA outs to XLR outs to the Phoenix. Admittedly though, I never did a careful comparison at the time.
1) 6db headroom
2) noise rejection
However, given that pretty much all the dacs I've heard don't suffer from interference and all amps that I've tried have more than enough headroom already, what's the benefit of a fully differential dac at the expense of running the signal through twice the circuitry?
Often times, I hear that it's not worth it if you get a balanced amp without a fully differential dac, but what is the reason behind it if the balanced amp offers a phase splitter which ultimately still give you balanced drive capability?
I own a fully differential dac myself, but I really didn't hear much improvement, if any at all, when I moved from RCA outs to XLR outs to the Phoenix. Admittedly though, I never did a careful comparison at the time.
