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Re:iPhone X by adrr on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @04:51PM (#15232527)
Does a DAC even matter? Would love to see blind test showing they make a difference.
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Re:iPhone X by anthonybsd on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @05:17PM (#15232832)
Do headphones even matter after a certain price point? http://asa.scitation.org/doi/10.1121/1.4984044
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Re:iPhone X by adrr on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @05:22PM (#15232895)
Headphones sound different. Open air ones, closed, planar etc. Don't all DACs sound the same like amplifiers(unless its a tube)?
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Re:iPhone X by binaryblitz on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @05:10PM (#15232759)
Do you know what a DAC is? They "make a difference" by allowing you to analog headphones. So more so "required"...
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Re:iPhone X by adrr on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @05:19PM (#15232858)
Yes thread is about quality of DAC not if a DAC is required.
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