The analog format stokes the passions of many music lovers and it s an enjoyable experience.
Dac sounds like vinyl.
So steve s comment is asinine because vinyl through good digital conversion sounds like vinyl i e its transparent.
Since i haven t had a turntable in my system for about a decade i can t really say if either sounds much like vinyl.
A rega p3 24 fitted with a dynavector 10 5 cartridge which like the rega carbon mm cartridge offers a voltage output of 2 5mv.
The most vinyl sounding dac i ve heard is the line magnetic 502ca and i ll add an extra smug and its not close.
Now that you know the why of dac let s delve into the how.
If you are hearing warbling where it sounds like the music is being played on a slightly warped vinyl record you may be having clock issues we ll get into what exactly these.
But is it better than digital music.
Like the theta dacs of yore the yggy has a bold assertive vibrant even vivid presentation.
On the other hand i ve been living with a ps audio directstream for about a year now and i am very happy with the sound of that.
With the ds dac 10r sucking on usb power only and therefore easily transported the same korg ripping rig was setup across town with the same record meeting with a different turntable and cartridge combination.
But it still sounds like vinyl.
All audio whether it s stored on vinyl or in an mp3 is a compression wave when it s played back.
My vinyl goes through an adc dsp phono stage dac amplification none of which is r2r.
Schiit audio yggdrasil 2399 designed by industry legend mike moffat the yggy dac sounds very much like the famous theta digital dacs that moffat designed in the 1980s and 1990s but better.
The new tranquility signature dac does a pretty darn good job of delivering a sound with a lot of vinyl like characteristics imo extremely smooth lush detailed nice dynamics and presence.
A digital to analog converter or dac takes your digital content and transforms it into analog so that your system can amplify it and play it through your speakers.
If you ask me it s just like trying to figure out how you want your pizza.
Based on that brief first impression it seemed like a real contender for dac bargain of the decade.
As long as you re using quality ingredients you re not going to be disappointed with your meal.
When computers record an analog signal typically it will be displayed in what s called a waveform or a representation of the wave where the y axis is amplitude how powerful the.
That question depends entirely who you ask.
My dsd library is large enough at this point that i d prefer all my dacs support it the lm does not but if this type of sound were my particular goal i d just take solace in the fact dsd converted to pcm still.
