The Playback Designs doesn't either
Really, I didn't know that. Does it say that somewhere on their website?
Playback Designs’ philosophy is very simple, but again, very difficult to achieve. In order to achieve the best possible sonic performance it is vital to understand all the details of the theories behind digital and analog signal processing. Relying on component manufacturers to solve signal processing challenges generally ends up in compromised performance. Playback Designs embarked right from the beginning on a path where it applied its vast technical expertise in analog and digital signal processing to design solutions that give “discrete” a new meaning: where standard chips for digital signal processing were not good enough, Playback Designs uses general gate arrays that can be programmed with their own discrete and proprietary algorithms, where standard analog integrated amplifiers (OpAmp) were not good enough Playback Designs uses discrete analog components to better the overall performance. Playback Designs did not leave any step untouched in the theory of Digital to Analog Conversion nor did it leave it to 3rd party vendors for any solutions.
I saw that Trevor posted what (to me and at least one other) looked like an attempt at a troll, so I'm not going to respond over there. Not that I don't enjoy ridiculing trolls, rather that the moderation favours them so any clear rebuttal would probably get deleted. At least one mod over there takes quite a dim view of trolls getting outed for trolling, being cut from the very same cloth himself
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