It is a pity John Yang never officially endorsed ASR opinion that all DACs measuring the same sound the same
I am not on the shamanic side. I test good measuring DACs, I keep what 'sounds' good in my system.
For ex. I could not discern a difference between internal DAC of Rotel A11 Tribute CD vs. E50. With the same ears, however, I could sense a difference between E30 vs. E50.
Read something interesting on Benchmark site about listening and measuring. They say whenever they HEAR something not explained by measurements, they TRY to figure a measurement to capture that.
I am not on the shamanic side. I test good measuring DACs, I keep what 'sounds' good in my system.
For ex. I could not discern a difference between internal DAC of Rotel A11 Tribute CD vs. E50. With the same ears, however, I could sense a difference between E30 vs. E50.
Read something interesting on Benchmark site about listening and measuring. They say whenever they HEAR something not explained by measurements, they TRY to figure a measurement to capture that.