why? it's what is most important to optimize. it's where 'suspension of disbelief' occurs frequently.To make this less controversial lets put to one side analogue sources.
let's say you have a Wadax Reference dac and server and don't want to 'dumb them down'? in that case digital is just like analog. messing with it takes you the wrong direction. the dsp engines are not even close to as capable as the Wadax.So lets say your digital source is something like JRiver running on a dedicated PC and you are using JRiver’s own convolution engine to apply your combined crossover, time domain and room correction filters derived from AudioLense or Acourate. Absent the DSP filters you would still have had DA conversion, so I can only see upsides from using DSP, and those upsides are far from trivial.
OTOH i agree that there is a case where the level of digital playback is complimented by dsp in most cases. but where is that level? i can't really say where it is. or if this direction is relevant to higher level digital playback?
no comment; other than if you come and listen with me then you tell me what i need to fix. from what you hear.A two channel system that doesn’t need fixing? Let me know when you come across one of those.
then allow me to hear a system that you consider is fixed, for me to understand what your reference is. or maybe it's just an idea, and not a reality.
of course; system performance is much more than frequency response and have almost infinite reasons for their performance. and really almost impossible to compare rooms and systems.
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