Hi all, I want to point out that the DA2/DV2 offered not only state-of the-art sound, but also state-of the-art measurements (See JA's measurements of the EMM Labs DV2 in the March 2019 issue of Stereophile) Take a look at the impulse response of the DV2 with 44.1kHz data. There is no ringing on either side of the pulse! In contrast, take a look at the impulse response of Filter 1, 4, 5 of the Vivaldi DAC provided by John Atkinson. JA said: "Fig.1 shows the impulse response of Filter 1 with 44.1kHz data. The symmetrical ringing either side of the pulse maps the filter coefficients and reveals this filter to be a conventional linear-phase type. ... Filters 2–4 have increasingly shorter linear-phase impulse responses (fig.2 show Filter 4's impulse response), while Filter 5 (fig.3) is a minimum-phase type, with all the ringing following the pulse." (Read more at https://www.stereophile.com/content...yback-system-measurements#Xd8A4dJscoGcqxF9.99) John Atkinson concluded that the DV2 offered state-of the-art measured performance.
Actually that "perfect" impulse response is a technical flaw from sampling theory's pov; It is obtained by using a very slow roll off filter (opposite of what Chord does for example with their extremely sharp filters) of which effect you can see in the intermodulation distortion graph (compare it to Chord DAVE or even Qutest).
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According to what I have read, the cause of ringing (transient smearing) is due to a signal being bandlimited and are undesirable because it imprint digital audio with an unnatural sound quality.
Hi all,
JVS of Stereophile (in the comment section of his review of the EMM Labs DV2) said: "I spent a huge amount of time with the DV2, which is now with me on loan to use in future reviews because I think it sounds so good. Because my best source for feeding it files is the Network Bridge, which doesn't have a USB out, I limit my files to 192 PCM or DSD64, and forego playing MQA."
Read more at https://www.stereophile.com/content/emm-labs-dv2-da-processor#hhBJXi1VkgI4UhqF.99
Your up early I like that lol. My pac cleared customs yesterday I can pic it up today
I also have a new GG2 as well. Lets see what a head to head sounds like.
Mike I can't. Seem to upload pics any advice ?![]()
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Hi all, you might be interested in the following report by Jonathan Valin (Munich High End 2019: Loudspeakers - The absolute sound)
MartinLogan [FONT="]showed its $80k, three-way, electrostatic-hybrid [/FONT]Neolith [FONT="](large curvilinear electrostatic panel, 12" front-firing carbon-fiber mid/woofer crossed over at 400Hz, and rear-firing, ported 15" subwoofer), driven by [/FONT]Pass Labs [FONT="]electronics, sourced by an [/FONT]EMMLabs DA2[FONT="] and a [/FONT]VPI HW-40[FONT="] turntable, and wired with and conditioned by [/FONT]MIT[FONT="]. Combining a supremely lively and lifelike boxless ’stat sound in the midrange and treble with the best blend of a dynamic woofer/subwoofer of any ML hybrid I’ve heard, the Neolith was superb on a digital cut of Fischer-Dieskau singing Schubert lieder—and on everything else played. So fast and clean and open, these speakers just don’t sound like dynamics; it is as if they aren’t dragging that cone-and-box chain behind them. Of course, they didn’t have all the midbass weight and power of cones either, but with the most finely detailed and realistic midrange I heard in Munich, they simply stood ahead of the competition. [/FONT]