LoveKnight
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Here we go again, I am going to order other DAC and compare them. ODAC is great but not my type of dac, I am sure.
You've reached the wrong conclusions. Since the ODAC is neutral, your other DACs must be adding non-existent textures and an unnatural sound through their particular brands of distortion. But if you find them pleasing, you should stick with them as neutral equipment isn't to your taste. Price has nothing do to with it.
"Considering it gets its power from USB??"
Here we go again....
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You've reached the wrong conclusions. Since the ODAC is neutral, your other DACs must be adding non-existent textures and an unnatural sound through their particular brands of distortion. But if you find them pleasing, you should stick with them as neutral equipment isn't to your taste. Price has nothing do to with it.
Sorry, but are you paid for defending ODAC and/or O2 ?
He's playing a role here to create a balance with some other posts. An important role I might add, because the lack of objectivity most of the time turns any constructive discussion into a subjective mess.
Since the ODAC is neutral, your other DACs must be adding non-existent textures and an unnatural sound through their particular brands of distortion.
Quote:He's playing a role here to create a balance with some other posts. An important role I might add, because the lack of objectivity most of the time turns any constructive discussion into a subjective mess.
It is a bit of a challenge to interpret the below quote as objective. My preference for my other DACS is because they add non-existent textures and an unnatural sound through their particular brands of distortion?
You originally claimed the ODAC was lacking in texture (which means the mixture of voices -- instruments and/or singers -- and the way they're combined in melody, harmony, and/or rhythm.) You next redefined neutral as meaning nothing more than a flat frequency response. Then, rather than a lack of texture, it was a lack of detail. Then, it was a lack of resolution. I was, as the poster to whom you're responding mentioned, merely trying to clarify the mess.
The ODAC isn't alone in being neutral: Far from it. However, if there's an audible difference between a neutral device (one that adds no audible distortion) and some other device, the other device is adding distortion. It's an inescapable conclusion.
Being neutral doesn't mean it's the most pleasing to any listener, yet another inescapable conclusion. Your preferences, and mine, don't enter into the discussion of neutrality. It's simply what we like to hear.
I agree that the ODAC is neutral if you mean it has a flat measured frequency response.
If you think USB power is at fault and introducing distortion then fix your PC, or get a powered hub.
or buy a BIG battery...
I have cut many USB cables apart and wired in pure DC sources...and it doenst make ANY real world differences...
But thats "my' experience....and for a lemming thats good!
LOL..
Alex
Note: Go get a Oscilloscope and look at the signal coming out of your dac....U should be able to see this "distortion"....post pics for us all to see.
Would the bifrost be a large upgrade over the odac with lyr amp he500 phones