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dCS Bartók Measurements by GoldenSound

Matias

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Another very interesting review by GoldenSound. I was expecting better measurements from dCS, even if it is their entry level product.

 

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Is it just me or is this a £12k case with £500 electronics inside. At least its preformance is mostly very good.
There's no way all those electronics only cost £500.
 
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entry level product
Ridiculous price.

Goldfinger complains about ultrasonic noise which only increases well after 20000Hz;

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... yet doesn't find the channel mismatch a problem. :facepalm:



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Yes, channel mismatch for such an expensive and sophisticated product is really bad...
 

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Face it, the standards of performance of the Topping E/L30 combo exceeds this.
 
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sinad figures of left and right channels have around 6db difference and so is the behavior in imd graph
 

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it's indeed not a problem.
You're missing the point... if that wasn't a problem then how is the ultrasonic noise a problem? :)

Which is it? I'd suggest the preference would be to have the ultrasonic noise and less or no channel mismatch. Impact on performance though wasn't what I was raising.



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I don't see anything that bad other than the price, what am I missing?
 

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I don't see anything that bad other than the price, what am I missing?
those odd harmonics and one channel behaving different than other in all tests, crosstalk figure is not that good.
 

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he didn't say that the ultrasonic noise was a problem, he just wished it wasn't there.
That's a little disingenuous, as why would one wish something wasn't there if it wasn't a problem to them and didn't affect anything?

It must be a problem for some reason...



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btw how headphone amp graph is better but sinad is almost same as dac ?
 

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those odd harmonics and one channel behaving different than other in all tests, crosstalk figure is bot that good.

If the bad stuff is under -96db, you'll need near noiseless 24 bit recording and ultrasonic capable amp and speakers in dead silent room. Inaudible.
 

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it does measure well enough thus will be audibly undistinguishable from an $9 Apple dongle , while costing 150 times more. At that price it ought to break all measurements levels we have had so far and sound better than the dongle.
The stupendous price is the problem. The elephant in the listening room :p
 
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