You may have a point, but we shouldnt put up with less than real 20 bit resolution in the digital domain, regardless if SRC and digital volumecontrols are used . Not in the year 2023.If some people consider as a total fail something that has a lower but still inaudible SINAD than its their personal thing and not every ASR member thinks like that.![]()
Im not supporting bluetooth or mp3 either , simply because theres no need for lossy codex or bad bit truncations. Its only a symptom of bad engineering. Again - we dont need to put up with anything less than stellar in the digital domain at 2023, almost regardless of price.
Things were a bit different 1990.
( the comparison with WiiM pro seems interesting, the newest measurements of WiiM shows a true 24 bit resolution when using the digital volume control, making it perfect as a digital preamp )

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what is the sample rate? 44.1, 48, 96, 192? What cable are you using for the coaxial? Expecially if you are at the higher end of sample rates, you should be using digital audio coax cable not analogue audio RCA. Yes it is an analog cable and not digital, the reason is that my cable does not...

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