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Post by arthurz on Jan 23, 2013 0:54:38 GMT -5
Agreed. Unfortunately I'm not aware of a pair of DACs I might be able to compare that are otherwise identical, but where one is single-ended and the other differential . Wouldn't it be the same thing if a differential DAC had both balanced and unbalanced outputs? Comparing the two? AFAIK only one of the outputs is "native". The other is converted. I see how a single-ended signal path could be converted to a differential signal just before the connector. On the other hand, you could have a fully differential design with a subtractor in front of unbalanced outputs. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
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Post by jdubs on Jan 23, 2013 6:57:11 GMT -5
Agreed. Unfortunately I'm not aware of a pair of DACs I might be able to compare that are otherwise identical, but where one is single-ended and the other differential . Wouldn't it be the same thing if a differential DAC had both balanced and unbalanced outputs? Comparing the two? This is comparing apples and oranges. One is the chassis design (balanced vs. unbalanced), and the other is the chip-set design of the actual DAC inside the chassis. Some DACs have multiple chips with each channel separate (commonly called dual-differential), while some have one chip that handles both channels. I may be wrong on this, but I don't think I am. If you call the chassis "differential" it is not always "balanced". I think this is the marketing people of electronics companies confusing us.
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Post by AudioHTIT on Jan 23, 2013 12:48:19 GMT -5
I was more referring to how you might compare the sound between the two outputs with the same design, but I see your point of having two different designs of the same chipset optimized for the particular topology.
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Post by jdubs on Jan 23, 2013 13:37:43 GMT -5
I was more referring to how you might compare the sound between the two outputs with the same design, but I see your point of having two different designs of the same chipset optimized for the particular topology. I miss-understood. I thought you were talking about comparing DACs.
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