Sinad Chart

[Alexsibo]

Lately I no longer find the Sinad Chart in the DAC tests, for example the Topping D50. It was very helpful. Where can I find this updated sheet?

 

[IAtaman]

Recent D50 III test was done by a member, @Rja4000, not by Amir, and he explains in detail why his figures are not directly comparable to that of Amir.

 

[Alexsibo]

Recent D50 III test was done by a member, @Rja4000, not by Amir, and he explains in detail why his figures are not directly comparable to that of Amir.

Thanks a lot.

 

[IAtaman]

You asked for it!

Topping D50 III Balanced DAC with EQ Review

This is a review and detailed measurements of the Topping D50 III balanced stereo DAC with support for parametric equalization. It was sent to me by the company and costs US $229. Sorry for the quality of the picture/display. It is quite dim compared to my photography light and when I tried to...

www.audiosciencereview.com

 

[solderdude]

Lately I no longer find the Sinad Chart in the DAC tests, for example the Topping D50. It was very helpful. Where can I find this updated sheet?

Can I ask what it was helpful with ?

 

[antcollinet]

Can I ask what it was helpful with ?

Well for me, it is helpful as:

Blue/Green - there is the set of devices I can shortlist from.

 

[Alexsibo]

Can I ask what it was helpful with ?

it is an additional element of comparison.

 

[solderdude]

You get more information from FR, distortion, output level(power), noise level, overload behavior, crosstalk, volume control balance numbers etc.

The SINAD number, at that point, does not add any info other than a comparative single number taken at a single level with only a 1kHz stimulus (which is the easiest frequency to reproduce) which, beyond a certain point' has no relevance to sound quality.
It is nice that it is ranked but 10th 'position' vs '50th position' (with say 200 positions) will tell you literally nothing about the performance IRL, the plots will tell you so much more.