[Eeyore]

Trevor Wilson wrote:

Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:
I've been looking inside one of these at what components are used.
They seem overall to be pretty good eg AKM converters and 4580 opamps.
What I can't reconcile is why the DCX is so (comparatively) noisy
given the specs of the chips. There are a couple of possibilites that
I can see:
a) It uses a switching PSU for some reason instead of a linear
b) The signals after the DACs but before the opamp o/p are carried on
an unshielded ribbon cable

Any other ideas?
Am I being unreasonable?

**Yep. I've used the 2496 in several installations. It is very, very
impressive. It's S/N performance is excellent.

We just established it's s/n ratio is rubbish though. It's -90dB or so ref **
+22dBu** or somesuch. That's an absurd way to spec such a device.

Graham