Supported audio formats and DAC

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wzx
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Supported audio formats and DAC

Post by wzx » Sun Nov 17, 2019 9:11 am

Hello,

A newbie question.
We always talk about supported audio formats for a player.
I also understand that the decoder is not in the player but in the DAC which receives digital data from the player.
So the supported formats are actually determined by the DAC, not the player?

Thanks in advance,

Zx

blaubär
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Re: Supported audio formats and DAC

Post by blaubär » Sun Nov 17, 2019 10:29 am

wzx wrote:
Sun Nov 17, 2019 9:11 am
We always talk about supported audio formats for a player.
I also understand that the decoder is not in the player but in the DAC which receives digital data from the player.
So the supported formats are actually determined by the DAC, not the player?
No, the decoding is done by the player. It takes mp3, flac, whatever, transforms these files into a bitstream representing the music, that's the decoding. Then it amplifies according to your preamp-setting, then equalizes, then compresses ... and then sends to the DAC. Have a look at Settings > DSP Effect > Effect Chain Order, there you see some of the things done with the music.

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wzx
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Re: Supported audio formats and DAC

Post by wzx » Sun Nov 17, 2019 12:57 pm

Super clear!
Thanks a lot!

Yak_Forger
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Re: Supported audio formats and DAC

Post by Yak_Forger » Sat Nov 23, 2019 12:23 pm

Thanks for the explanation, that's useful for us newbies!

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