The integrity of the digital is fine, yes, the computer away from the DAC, yes - but the noise is irrelevant, no. This is all about engineering, and the level of the impact - 20dB down sound is totally corrupted , 120dB down you would need the hearing of angels. But what about effects if 60-80dB down? 'Fraid to say that distortion is not like a big switch, On, or Off, in terms of audibility - it's the stuff right at the edge of one being aware that it's there that causes that long term dissatisfaction with an audio playback setup ...If the integrity of the digital signal has been maintained, the computer away from the DAC.. The noise is irrelevant.
It's what happens in your dac and what gets through to the analogue side.. So unless your computer is infesting your dac it's all bollocks.
Watchnerd can walk you through the science of bollocks , I'm watching the semifinals of the world darts championship
May the bulleyes be with you ...
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Also by the same reasoning of "digital processes create electrical noise" the very process of playing a file would create noise so you could never escape to nirvana
is part of the problem, but all it requires is good enough engineering to cover the bases. Of course, if the engineer doesn't believe that this problem can happen, then he's not going to do a bang up job of getting the engineering good enough, you see.
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