It's not that far fetched from a tech point of view. dCS were pioneers in the way they handled power treatment and clocking. This is now commonly known and well implemented. I don't for a minute think that a cheap and cheerful DAC is going to close the gap on a dCS stack but the gap is closing.
dCS products have been reviewed by 100s of people and owned by tens of thousands. I have never come across anyone who thought of them as
"outrageously detailed" and/or
"hyper detailed". Let alone well-known industry experts and owners, I myself have owned dCS gear for longer than a year now, and I know first hand that nothing can be farther from the truth.
As one moves up in the hierarchy, components are supposed to be increasingly detailed. Being detailed is an expected characteristic from an expensive component. If we look at this thread itself, the verdict was that DSD offers better resolution, hence the quest.
dCS, as a company, is of highest repute (easily top 3). Their DACs almost always get
"best sound I have heard", "
"best sound I have heard in my room", "best sound I have heard in my setup", in closing remarks of reviewers and owners. I don't see why someone will describe dCS products in such a libelous manner.
As far as tech point is concerned, there is a limit to speculation. Tech point can't be a basis for posting arbitrary/unsubstantiated comments, especially when they are negative.
PS: Sidvee/other mods, last few comments are not too relevant to this thread. I hope it's fine to move these in a new thread titled "dCS DACs" to keep this thread uncluttered.
