I have two DACs. I have been playing the same material, first on one DAC, and then the other. One DAC has a type of distortion, kind of like an inharmonious quality to the sound, in the highest register of a singing voice. The other DAC does not have this problem. I did check for clipping but where this happened had no evidence of clipping.
Could this be aliasing? How would this be possible for a DAC? I thought oversampling and the reconstruction filter takes care of this. Can there be a difference in how one DAC reconstructs the analog signal compared with another DAC?
Bob
PS: I wonder what aliasing actually sounds like.
Could this be aliasing? How would this be possible for a DAC? I thought oversampling and the reconstruction filter takes care of this. Can there be a difference in how one DAC reconstructs the analog signal compared with another DAC?
Bob
PS: I wonder what aliasing actually sounds like.
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what kind of filtering?
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what kind of supply?
Hi,
It is dificuld to say but, if you have right and was exactly the same digital signal, the DAC with distorsions it is posible to be more detaliated, more precise but, on the other hand, the DAC without distorsions can be considered that sound better because it manages to hide this kind of distorsions using a better filtering.
These considerations are correct only if was a distorsions in recording, if not ...
I personaly I prefer the a DAC without distorsions because it is not clear if distorsions was because of the DAC or was in recording. In both cases without distorsions the sound is better.
It is dificuld to say but, if you have right and was exactly the same digital signal, the DAC with distorsions it is posible to be more detaliated, more precise but, on the other hand, the DAC without distorsions can be considered that sound better because it manages to hide this kind of distorsions using a better filtering.
These considerations are correct only if was a distorsions in recording, if not ...
I personaly I prefer the a DAC without distorsions because it is not clear if distorsions was because of the DAC or was in recording. In both cases without distorsions the sound is better.
Aliasing does not happen in a DAC. It happens in the ADC, if the anti-aliasing filter is faulty.
You may be hearing the effects of imaging, which happens in a DAC with poor or absent reconstruction filtering (such as many NOS (non-oversampling) designs). The ultrasonic images (which are themselves inaudible) can create audible intermodulation in whatever follows the DAC.
You may be hearing the effects of imaging, which happens in a DAC with poor or absent reconstruction filtering (such as many NOS (non-oversampling) designs). The ultrasonic images (which are themselves inaudible) can create audible intermodulation in whatever follows the DAC.
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