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1. #DIGITAL TO ANALOG AUDIO CONVERTER DICKSMITH SOFTWARE#
2. #DIGITAL TO ANALOG AUDIO CONVERTER DICKSMITH SERIES#

All PS Audio analog stages are not based on off-the-shelf IC op amps as are many of our competitors, but rather employ fully discrete high voltage class A stages that sound as sweet as music itself. Once we have perfected digital audio data, without jitter, we are then able to convert it to analog and here is where much of the magic in the PerfectWave system happens. So, in the PS system, we’re able to maintain bit-perfect low jitter performance without digital manipulation and the results are simply stunning. This Digital Lens technology focuses the digital audio data down to one fine, perfect low jitter point and delivers that perfected data to the DAC for conversion to analog without any compromise all without any digital data manipulation that most other schemes employ. At PS Audio, we have invented a method of jitter reduction that we call the Digital Lens. Jitter is inherent in both the digital audio delivery system (S/PDIF) as well as the decoding of the delivered data stream within the DAC. Jitter has to do with timing of the digital audio signal and is very audible when out of whack. It’s like putting lipstick on a pig sure it looks a little better, but it’s still a pig.Īt our disposal are techniques like upsampling and apodizing filters that can help lower resolution files sound their best, but in reality, the only things you can legitimately do to help digital audio’s performance are dealing with jitter (on the digital side) and the design of the analog output stage (on the analog side). There is a tremendous amount of sonic engineering that goes into building a quality digital to audio convertor (DAC) but frankly there’s not a lot we (or anyone) can do to make a low resolution file into a high resolution file. What are the greatest hurdles when converting lower resolution digital audio files to the analog format? Rarely are these types of features possible in a multi-task piece of kit like a receiver because there’s simply neither the physical space nor the budget to accommodate that.

#DIGITAL TO ANALOG AUDIO CONVERTER DICKSMITH SERIES#

Properly designed, a separate DAC like the PerfectWave series from PS Audio has separate isolated power supplies, fully discrete class A analog circuitry, low noise well shielded environment and so on. If we take the example of a receiver, integrated, or multi-use product, the internal D to A converter (DAC) in these units shares a common power supply, has rarely been optimized for high-end performance and lives in a very noisy environment not particularly conducive to high performance.Ī separate and dedicated DAC, on the other hand, has all the attention of the design team lavished upon it with but one single goal in mind: performance.

#DIGITAL TO ANALOG AUDIO CONVERTER DICKSMITH SOFTWARE#

Separates are almost always superior to integrated units because the designers can focus all the hardware and software resources on executing one task perfectly.

all-in-one solutions a subject near and dear to my heart over the last 38 years. This is really a question about separates vs. The most obvious advantage is sound quality. Why is it advantageous to use a separate D to A converter?