darrenyeats
pfm Member
Yes I guess but I would unpack that!
A good DAC should be resistant to input jitter and electrical interference. I would class this sort of thing like power supply noise. A better DAC shouldn't highlight crud, instead it should suppress it.
On the other hand, the better the DAC, amp, speakers, room etc. the more likely you are to hear tiny things that you didn't before, in general. Ideally these should be just tiny differences in the music signal path. But I accept life isn't perfect so, maybe unavoidably to some degree, you hear crud too - but it's not an *aim* to hear crud, rather the opposite.
A good DAC should be resistant to input jitter and electrical interference. I would class this sort of thing like power supply noise. A better DAC shouldn't highlight crud, instead it should suppress it.
On the other hand, the better the DAC, amp, speakers, room etc. the more likely you are to hear tiny things that you didn't before, in general. Ideally these should be just tiny differences in the music signal path. But I accept life isn't perfect so, maybe unavoidably to some degree, you hear crud too - but it's not an *aim* to hear crud, rather the opposite.
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