M2TECH hiFace 32-bit USB DAC released folks!

[NHL]

M2TECH receives glowing reviews for their 7000 euro DAC in Audio.de.

Now, a 32-bit DAC for 220 euro have been released!

 

[NHL]

Getting dizzy by all the possible USB DAC choices:

Dragonfly(24-bit), Meridian(24-bit), HRT microStreamer(24-bit) to mention the ones with most publicity.

32-bit:

http://www.m2tech.biz/

Designed, made (?) and tested in Italy! Could get one for that reason alone.

 

[andyjm]

According to Wikipedia, human hearing has a maximum dynamic range of 140dB. This range is not achievable in the real world primarily because of background noise.

Standard 16 bit CD gets you 96dB of dynamic range (the full range of which is rarely, if ever used in music recording)

Hi Res 24 bit gets 144dB of dynamic range, which is beyond the threshold of human perception even in lab conditions.

If you hope to get any benefit from a 32 bit DAC, you are going to need a new set of ears.

 

[NHL]

According to Wikipedia, human hearing has a maximum dynamic range of 140dB. This range is not achievable in the real world primarily because of background noise.

Standard 16 bit CD gets you 96dB of dynamic range (the full range of which is rarely, if ever used in music recording)

Hi Res 24 bit gets 144dB of dynamic range, which is beyond the threshold of human perception even in lab conditions.

If you hope to get any benefit from a 32 bit DAC, you are going to need a new set of ears.

or it can improve the SNR:

"Using a 32-bit, fixed-point DSP will give additional benefit of ensuring 16-bit signal quality is not impaired during arithmetic computations. Thus, the higher resolution of the 32-bit DSP will eliminate quantization noise from showing up in the D/A converter output, providing improved Signal-to-Noise (SNR) ratio over 16- and 24-bit DSPs."

http://www.analog.com/en/content/relationship_data_word_size_dynamic_range/fca.html

 

[andyjm]

You are confusing the level of precision used in the DSP calculations with the bit depth of the D2A converter itself.

 

[NHL]

You are confusing the level of precision used in the DSP calculations with the bit depth of the D2A converter itself.

16 bit depth should be enough, but precision (round off errors) is better using 32 bit processing vs 24 bit processing.