Today, even affordable DAC’s are very often impressively feature laden. Ranging from something relatively inexpensive at a cost of $150.00 to the hyper expensive at a cost of $80,000.00, the DAC as a component has become a mainstream part of our audio signal chain. Additional circuitry only being added because it is necessary to achieve some desired sonic or design function.Īs digital audio has become increasingly popular, DAC’s have become more and more popular. Engineers will universally try to design a product that has the fewest number of component parts as possible. In an audio system, conventional wisdom again tells us the shortest signal path is the best and most direct route in component design. Even if it is slightly longer it is usually faster. If your main concern was travel time, it might be better to take the interstate. Is that always the best way to go, however? Maybe that route goes through all manner of small towns and frequent stoplights.
If you wanted to travel from one city to another several hundred miles away, you’d simply look at the map and pick out the most direct route. Twitter Facebook Email Print LinkedIn Pinterest SMS WhatsAppĬonventional wisdom, and frankly, common sense tells us the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.