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I did not say that neither, but for a start, in this particular one, we have one metric, Sinad at 1kHz. I can assume that the limitation would be reflected to other measurments, but what I don't like is that it suggest, along with the SINAD chart, that it is enough to say it's a product that perform poorly. Now sure, I would like to see thd +N over the entire band, I would like to see impulse response to visualise pre ringing phenomenons,etc. Does it means that it would change the score, not necessarily, but assuming that this dashboard tells us 100% of how a product behave, for 100% of the content, in 100% of the listening conditions, would not be scientifically accurate neither. i was reading an interview with Bruno Putzeys, saying that he used measurments, a lot, but vert targetted measurments, specifically looking for very precise issues, that are not necessarilly the common ones that spits out a spec. He was also saying that generally, enthusiasth are good listeners, that they don't have the knowledge to pinpoint what is truly wrong or limitative, but that he allow great value to subjective assessments of listeners, that they are more often than not right, but that's his job to find the right measurment to find why, and the right engineering solution. When I have more time I'll try to find it. I tend to agree with this.
This was a very truncated DAC review - for obvious reasons, it fell at the first hurdle. Its not going to have impressive properties on the rest of the usual tests Amir would run on a full DAC review. It cant accurately reproduce a 1khz tone and cant output 2v. The rest of the tests might show some interesting quirks in a DAC that performs well on the 1khz dashboard, so worthy pursuing, but not here.