On Monday, December 19, 2011 06:16:06 PM Fons Adriaensen did opine:
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 05:00:31PM +0100, Johan Herland wrote:
> > Thanks for quantifying this for me. Between the crazy audiophile
> > forums and my lack of experience in this field, it's not always easy
> > to keep track of how much is good enough, and what is just crazy
> > over-engineering. :)
>
> Be very careful with what you read on 'audiophile' forums. 99% of the
> high-end audio business is based on ignorance and hype these days.
>
Chuckle. I have to disagree a wee bit Fons, you under-estimate the
percentage that is all smoke and mirrors, its at least 99.9% these days. :)
Lots of card claim 24 bit, but a monotonicity check will often fail before
the 14th bit has been fully tested.
Cheers, Gene
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