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1. The art of listeningOne of the best listeners I know is my wife Terri. She can sit down in the listening room and hear a track she likes, listen...November 27, 2012
2. PS and DSDOver the last few days we've been discussing the two main technologies in digital audio today: PCM and DSD. In my mind there's no doubt that...November 26, 2012
3. So how come?As we end our series on PCM and DSD I have been fielding a lot of questions concerning our products and the lack of a DSD...November 25, 2012
4. Recording it allThere are about as many opinions on the sound quality of DSD vs. PCM as there are people who have them but the general consensus seems...November 24, 2012
5. Errors upon errorsHow many errors must a DAC make to get it right? Well, in a classic PCM DAC, the answer is none. 16 bit DACS of long...November 23, 2012
6. Have a happyTo all my readers the world over, have a happy, healthy day today and please don't forget to give thanks for everything good and great in...November 22, 2012
7. Getting it wrongWe've been covering how a DSD/SACD converter works and we learned a few days ago that just about all modern DACS, certainly those that advertise 24...November 21, 2012
8. Timing is everythingYesterday we discovered what 1-bit DSD looks like and how it's fundamentally different from that of the standard CD format, PCM. I am going to spend...November 20, 2012
9. How dense are you?Yesterday I surprised a few of you when we learned that the output of just about every modern DAC with 24 bit resolution is actually DSD,...November 19, 2012
10. Can't get there from hereThe day of the 16 bit ladder DAC is pretty much over. If you were particularly fond of the beast, despair not because we have something...November 18, 2012
11. Smoothing ruffled feathersI announced in yesterday's post we'd find out today why traditional ladder DACS are no longer used in high-end audio but it'll have to wait until...November 17, 2012
12. Telling the truthIn our ongoing series on the differences between CD's and SACD's we've covered the first part of the CD process, encoding audio into a digital format...November 16, 2012
13. DynamicsIn our continuing series on PCM vs. DSD I mentioned a day or so ago that bit depth controlled two things: granularity as well as dynamic...November 15, 2012