I'd personally be just fine with that haha. All my work laptops had very decent cirrus logic audio chips and okay output levels. If you want more audiophile branding there's burr brown, ESS/AKM etc producing great stuff. All that multibit stuff is really just trying too hard to be different just to be different and justify an (often significant) price increase.I say go for it. We need more variety in DACs. Who would want only DS DACs in the market.
I’d be happy with that. all I want is for a DAC to perform its function properly. I don’t care about gimmicky implementationsI say go for it. We need more variety in DACs. Who would want only DS DACs in the market.
Let the market decide...if there are too expensive and perform poor then by science of economics they will cease to exist.I'd personally be just fine with that haha. All my work laptops had very decent cirrus logic audio chips and okay output levels. If you want more audiophile branding there's burr brown, ESS/AKM etc producing great stuff. All that multibit stuff is really just trying too hard to be different just to be different and justify an (often significant) price increase.
That's fair. But I fear the market is a little erratic lolLet the market decide...if there are too expensive and perform poor then by science of economics they will cease to exist.
Not necessarily. Price will have an effect on perceived quality, which is not the same as actual quality.Let the market decide...if there are too expensive and perform poor then by science of economics they will cease to exist.
It's good that you know but it's not a perfect worldNot necessarily. Price will have an effect on perceived quality, which is not the same as actual quality.
Thats a lot of Schiit to get through.He did say S/N and THD, I watched twice to make sure.
Depends on the level of reliability you are looking for. For an academic article or a medical trial I would certainly agree.Double blind testing is obviously a good thing. Though I'm dubious it will be conducted in a statistically defensible manner.
Uh, no. Never does a major manufacturer pay groups of people to try new products for a pre-launch reaction.It's weird that they even bother. When Sony is preparing to launch a new PlayStation do they get in gamers to see if it "seems faster"?
None. Just like the new restaurant down the street does not solve any problem in the human diet. It's about making that dollar.What audible problem in digital conversion is this thing supposed to solve better than what we currently have?
My bad. I'm learning this stuff.Jason mentioned 120dB S/N ratio, not SINAD. A device can have 120dB S/N yet have a SINAD of 80dB or so.
This struck me too. Jason and Mike have said the ESS chips were the only up to date, modern? dacs and the others are out of date, they said this when they announced the replacement of the AKM chips in their STILL $99 Modi 3.The only current 20bit multibit TI chip I see is DAC11001A, spec'd at - 105dB THD, 120 dB SINAD mentioned in the video sounds a bit far fetched, I guess we need to wait and see.
There is no other explanation for buying their products given the competition.
Based on above, it seems he misspoke: "These new DACs really push the limits of measured multibit performance. "
So he means with respect to multibit DACs which is a low bar.
Jason is a God at marketing. There is no other explanation for buying their products given the competition. Cest la vive.
Looks like the TI chip they are using is from 2020, at least its new tech:
https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/vendor-s-bazaar/349809-dac11001-20-bit-2r-precision-dac.html