I'm afraid so, at least most of them. Audio is not quite "the beees knees" any more....all the clever engineers left audio decades ago )or retired) and went to do more interesting things like video displays, software, robotics or AI…
I should note that the owner used a camera and found the ESS DAC chip in there and D&M confirmed to me that the "A" designation means it uses the updated ESS DAC chips.
Not very probable, considering what comes out of the PSU is the same DC. Interesting detail: I tried to spot if the PSU is universal 110-230V or not - there seems to be no mains voltage stated on the back panel.Could European models (230V) measure differently? Assuming @amirm measured a model with 110V AC input. Probably it shouldn't make any difference but as it seems there are problems with engineering here so maybe even that could make a difference in their technical implementation.
Yes and no. Yes in that if you don't use any processing then there is no reason the DAC in the AV processor could not work just as well.Amir, is it possible to have a AV processor as good as decent topping DAC?
Sorry, meant to say updated to use ESS DACs.'updated' ESS DAC? You mean just 'ESS DAC', right? And did I miss the ESS model number somewhere? Would be interested to know.
D&M confirmed to me that if the letter "A" is in the model, then it is definitely using ESS DAC chips. So if they say otherwise, it is a mistake. This owner also used a camera and took a picture of the ESS DAC in the unit I tested.Several German sites still state AK4490, I wonder if this is "copypasta" or do Marantz still have some left?
You mean like... https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=list+of+japanese+expletivesAfter these recent Marantz reviews, I wouldn’t want to be on the Zoom call between the Product Manager and Engineering team Monday morning. Yikes!
(On second thought, if I were fluent in Japanese, perhaps I would.)
Perhaps it was always just show….Thanks. Looks like their name doesn't mean as much as it used to, as it appears to be all for show. So glad I went with the Denon.
Several German sites still state AK4490, I wonder if this is "copypasta" or do Marantz still have some left?
https://heimkino-partner.de/produkte/marantz-av8805a-13-2-kanal-vorverstaerker/
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=Marantz+AV8805A+ak4490
Assuming the process is done in the digital domain why would a DSP clip the signal? Couldn't you use the calculations at a much higher bit than the input bit depth? For instance, would a 32-bit floating point DSP clip a 20-bit signal while processing surround sound? A convolution reverb in a DAW does pretty complex processing and even working at 192kHz 24-bit, internal clipping is never an issue.... if you light up multiple pipelines like Room EQ, Dolby decoding, etc., then you need to allow headroom to make sure you don't have digital clipping. This will probably cost you up to 10 dB in dynamic range.