Lupin
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This is Audio Science Review.You may wonder all you want. Not going to bite. shared my subjective opinion. You can set up a blind test for yourself and buy the devices and have a try for yourself, then you can stop wondering
My Soncoz LA-QXD1 and Topping D50s practically sound the same. I can barely hear any difference between them. So I refer to them as THE ES9038 DACs compared to my only AK4493 DAC model (several DX3 Pros). Also got a ES9018 DIY and several low-end dacs.
DACs do have output stages... with amplification....
I don't think they sound the same. Especially on my ADAM T5V monitors. You may draw your own conclusions. Or hey, test some stuff yourself. I've seen you go by all the topics to post your opinion that all are the same because measurements said so. I wonder how many you have A/B tested yourself to be qualified to post your opinion everywhere that all are the same and we can't hear a difference.... That's fine and all. haha.
What data and measurements do you have to back up your claim that all DACs sound different?
I did A/B testing with the hand full of DACs that I have/owned. Even with the sighted bias of that A/B testing I'm not afraid to admit I didn't hear any difference whatsoever between any DAC while one could think that there should be a difference.
I voice my opinion that all well designed and properly working DACs are audibly transparent and so sound the same. How do I backup that claim.. what about that the founder of this site you're posting on right now comes to the same conclusion.
Amir measured 350+ DACs and the vast majority he calls "transparent to the source" It can't be transparent to the source if one DAC is more "aggressive", "has better soundstage", "more natural" or what ever audiophile lingo you want to throw at it then the other.
You're saying that Amir is wrong, DACs are not transparent, all his 350+ reviews are wrong.
Amir measured and shared those measurements of 350+ DACs to come to that conclusion and I agree with that conclusion. So I ask again what data and measurements do you have to prove otherwise? What is Amir not measuring that would show the "soundstage" or "aggressiveness" of a DAC? So far all the measurements indicate that there is no audible difference.
All you have is what your brain thinks to hear fueled by sighted bias packed into a subjective post rambling on about all kind off differences.
Everyone is entitled to his/her opinion but we might as well call this site Head-Fi version 2 if subjective opinion posts like yours are the "be all end all" without the need to actually supply scientific data/measurements to backup your bolt claims.