Why do non oversampling DAC's sound like records, only bettered by the best NOS players? To me it is obvious why. The music signal need only be interpreted the first go around. A neighbor of mine has an all Audio Note digital SET system costing some $150k He also had a very fine turntable. On a visit, the fellow played a classical piece on his digital system. It was very nice, with excellent musicality. Then, he played the same classical score on vinyl. The two were hard to tell apart.
On my system, the difference between the two types of digital processing are magnified. The oversamplers just don't cut it. They all sound contrived. My NOS player is quite different than anything one can buy. I found out replacing the dowdy sounding diodes with new ultra fast recovery diodes opens a floodgate of before hidden information on CDs.
Modern digital players, with few exceptions, have a host of chips music is run through, and manipulated. First came oversampling with separate digital filters, then master clocks. To correct the clocks, some folks are pushing jitter control circuitry.
In contrast, the non-oversampling DAC lets the music through, unencumbered by oversampling, and filtering, or jitter masking. One has to wonder just what it was that led audio engineers to move on eradicating distortion that can be measured in the hyper HF, but not heard by anyone. Those who believe the engineers also believe they can hear 24 khz. I can't help you folks.
Molecular science explains what is going on quite well. Too bad the math is beyond most of us. We don't have to work through high math though. Lots of papers deal with the phenomenon in common language. Quantum mechanics describes the uncertainty of sub molecular particles such as electrons. Experiments have shown conclusively great care has to be given when manipulating electrons and what the charges they influence.
A terrific example of how science and audio go hand in hand is the invention of the transistor. It could not have been invented by audio engineers. It took molecular scientists. Their invention is based directly on the strangeness of electrons and electro magnetic propagation. It is a scientific masterpiece of working **with** quantum behavior. Oversampling, up-sampling, clocks and jitter controls are examples of trying to control quantum behavior; unsuccessfully I can confidently add.
I can't see why this isn't rudimentary. The two source types that bring the music in the most direct, undamaged form, are vinyl and NOS digital. Once you realize this, you can work to maximize the invisibility of either. In vinyl, one thing that helps is the improvement of the cartridge sensitivity. In NOS digital it is the opening the diode gates for full musical freedom.
On my system, the difference between the two types of digital processing are magnified. The oversamplers just don't cut it. They all sound contrived. My NOS player is quite different than anything one can buy. I found out replacing the dowdy sounding diodes with new ultra fast recovery diodes opens a floodgate of before hidden information on CDs.
Modern digital players, with few exceptions, have a host of chips music is run through, and manipulated. First came oversampling with separate digital filters, then master clocks. To correct the clocks, some folks are pushing jitter control circuitry.
In contrast, the non-oversampling DAC lets the music through, unencumbered by oversampling, and filtering, or jitter masking. One has to wonder just what it was that led audio engineers to move on eradicating distortion that can be measured in the hyper HF, but not heard by anyone. Those who believe the engineers also believe they can hear 24 khz. I can't help you folks.
Molecular science explains what is going on quite well. Too bad the math is beyond most of us. We don't have to work through high math though. Lots of papers deal with the phenomenon in common language. Quantum mechanics describes the uncertainty of sub molecular particles such as electrons. Experiments have shown conclusively great care has to be given when manipulating electrons and what the charges they influence.
A terrific example of how science and audio go hand in hand is the invention of the transistor. It could not have been invented by audio engineers. It took molecular scientists. Their invention is based directly on the strangeness of electrons and electro magnetic propagation. It is a scientific masterpiece of working **with** quantum behavior. Oversampling, up-sampling, clocks and jitter controls are examples of trying to control quantum behavior; unsuccessfully I can confidently add.
I can't see why this isn't rudimentary. The two source types that bring the music in the most direct, undamaged form, are vinyl and NOS digital. Once you realize this, you can work to maximize the invisibility of either. In vinyl, one thing that helps is the improvement of the cartridge sensitivity. In NOS digital it is the opening the diode gates for full musical freedom.
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. But it is entirely possible that you are not hearing any such artifacts. Most people do not.
