Another review of the DS DAC

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Hi Wicky,

I didn’t respond to your comment regarding power regenerators because I couldn’t see the relevance or connection to the DS DAC measurements discussion. But I’ll give it a shot :slight_smile:

Firstly - You are the only one claiming measurements of sinewave purity don’t matter.
I don’t think questioning the validity, relevance, methodology or meaning of ASR’s measurements taken at or near the noise floor of the DAC means that I have to accept that measurements of sinewave purity don’t matter. Not at all. That’s simply not logical.

Sinewave stability and purity does matter. I discovered that myself with the P3 regenerator I purchased. I found the sound quality of my prior DAC (Meridian MS600) was vastly improved when powered by the P3. Not much improvement, if any, for the phono pre-amp and line pre-amp sadly.

For arguments sake, let’s say:

  • The THD of the incoming AC is 5%.
  • The P3 has an output THD of 0.5%.
  • The P20 has an output THD of 0.05%

Would you say that because there are better measuring regenerators out there then that means that the P3 is flawed? Or that the THD of the P3 is unnecessarily high? Or that the generated output is “so distorted”? Or that I should question my brand loyalty?
I certainly don’t. The P3 is a fraction of the price of a P20. You get what you pay for, right?

Over and out :slight_smile: