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[AudioSceptic]

Sorry to be picky, but this subforum is misnamed. DAC stands for Digital-to-Analogue Converter, not Digital Audio Converter.

 

[solderdude]

DACs do convert digital audio formats to analog waveforms.

 

[Blumlein 88]

Alright! So what are we going to do about it?

Do we let it slide?

Do we demand it be changed?

Do we create Audio Digital converters?

I'm okay with letting it slide.

 

[AudioSceptic]

DACs do convert digital audio formats to analog waveforms.

Of course, but not the point. Not that it really matters that much, just thought I should point it out. A science-based forum ought to get the terminology correct. ;-)

Edit: and a DAC doesn't necessarily process audio. It could be processing video.

 

[QMuse]

Alright! So what are we going to do about it?

Do we let it slide?

Do we demand it be changed?

Do we create Audio Digital converters?

I'm okay with letting it slide.

We must find a person responsible for this horrid mistake and insist he's punished accodingly. For a start, I say we blame @Thomas savage .

 

[AudioSceptic]

you mean DTAC ? lol

Nope: DAC and ADC were terms established decades ago, and it's usual practice to omit conjunctions and other "noise" words in abbreviations/acronyms. ;-)

 

[AudioSceptic]

We must find a person responsible for this horrid mistake and insist he's punished accodingly. For a start, I say we blame @Thomas savage .

Only a Wicker Man will suffice.

 

[Thomas savage]

We must find a person responsible for this horrid mistake and insist he's punished accodingly. For a start, I say we blame @Thomas savage .

Correcting amirm's mistakes is too much work for one man.

 

[QMuse]

Correcting amirm's mistakes is too much work for one man.

Are you saying he's making too much mistakes for one man to correct? Even in that case, he's doing al the measurement work and you are here merely posing as a forum cop. I say you're lazy.

 

[Thomas savage]

Are you saying he's making too much mistakes for one man to correct? Even in that case, he's doing al the measurement work and you are here merely posing as a forum cop. I say you're lazy.

You forgot ' overpaid ' .

 

[QMuse]

You forgot ' overpaid ' .

True, lazy and overpaid.

 

[QMuse]

You forgot ' overpaid ' .

I also forgot poor taste for food.

 

[Martin]

I don't think the forum name "Digital Audio Converters" was supposed to spell out the DAC acronym, the same as the forum name "Audio Interfaces" does not spell out the ADC acronym. It is simply a descriptor. I see no reason to change it. The fact that a DAC can also process Video means nothing in an Audio based forum. This is "Audio Science Review" after all. Just my 2 cents.

Martin

 

[AudioSceptic]

Are you saying he's making too much mistakes for one man to correct? Even in that case, he's doing al the measurement work and you are here merely posing as a forum cop. I say you're lazy.

No smiley? ;-)

 

[QMuse]

No smiley? ;-)

No need.

 

[AudioSceptic]

I don't think the forum name "Digital Audio Converters" was supposed to spell out the DAC acronym, the same as the forum name "Audio Interfaces" does not spell out the ADC acronym. It is simply a descriptor. I see no reason to change it. The fact that a DAC can also process Video means nothing in an Audio based forum. This is "Audio Science Review" after all. Just my 2 cents.

Martin

How else to read "
Digital Audio Converters (DACs)
" ?

 

[maverickronin]

I can't believe that I never noticed this...

 

[Martin]

How else to read "
Digital Audio Converters (DACs)
" ?

The same way I read
Audio Interfaces (ADC)

Everyone knows DACs means Digital-to-Analog Converters the same way we all know ADC means Analog-to-Digital Converters.

Martin

 

[Xulonn]

Is today International Pedantic Day? Or is this thread simply a symptom of cultural decay due to seemingly endless global lockdown rules?