If hooked up to an external DAC and all it does is transporting 1s and 0s digitally, how can that affect Soundstage, how punchy the bass is, etc?
If hooked up to an external DAC and all it does is transporting 1s and 0s digitally, how can that affect Soundstage, how punchy the bass is, etc?
It’s noise and interference externally and internally. Along with engineering and design of the components used.
I have to use a Dac with my computer because the build in dac is so bad about this stuff, the noise floor is absolutely terrible, the interference is at disgusting levels.
It’s about the quality of the components and the engineering of the components.
The worst engineers can use the best components and make the biggest pos.
And the best engineers can use the worst components and make something actually pretty nice.