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I think that he is not unwise though
Indeed.
I still remember when the Internet was mostly civil, like back in the bang-path days.
I think that he is not unwise though
Indeed he's not other than even stating it comes over as a bit ....... controversial / feeding the sentiment.... like....I think that he is not unwise though
I'm not asking that he comment on the product specifically, but rather on the practical differences between a discrete R2R design and a IC-based R2R design. There are several MFG's that make discrete R2R ladder DACs and I'm curious as to the pro's and cons of IC over discrete. I would assume IC-based R2R is more cost-effective, but what if any trade-offs are there to gain that cost savings?
I know it's a thin line, but I'm hoping it could be just an explanation as to why one might be better than the other and what drove Schiit to IC-based.
As far as discreet R2R implementations, one issue I've read is resistor quality and consistency/matching. A military/medical grade IC, I would assume, avoids that problem.
As far as discreet R2R implementations, one issue I've read is resistor quality and consistency/matching. A military/medical grade IC, I would assume, avoids that problem.
I thought so, as well. So why would anyone even venture out into discrete R2R? And as it relates to non-audio based DAC chips, if they are so difficult, why would one even bother with an IC-based R2R DAC. They should just stay in the paint-by-numbers DS DAC world. But that excludes the need of some to differentiate and market something not because it's better, but because it's "thoeretically" better.
I may have partially answered my own question -- it may not be that one is better than the other. It may be all about the execution of one over the other.
I think one other person made a similar comment. One thought was that some sort of distortion became less perceptible so one's brain worked less and could pay more attention to the music.Hmm. I've not experienced this at all, with either Gungnir MB or with Yggdrasil.