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- Μηνύματα
- 8.978
- Reaction score
- 895

Review by Sam Tellig, μετρήσεις από τον John Atkinson και το σχόλιο του κατασκευαστή με τις αντίστοιχες δικές τους μετρήσεις...
Με λίγα λόγια: πολύ καλό DAC, πολύ καλό reclocking/jitter reduction δια "χειρός" Anagram, αλλά καλύτερα να μην βασιστεί κάποιος στην USB του.
—Sam TelligThe DacMagic features the Adaptive Time Filtering (ATF) process, which Cambridge licenses from Anagram Technologies of Switzerland. ATF is built around a 32-bit Texas Instruments digital signal processor that "upsamples" the signal fed to it. Upsampling creates additional digital data points out of thin air. They're not real, of course—except that they are. (I love to razz JA about this upsampling business.) The DacMagic upsamples to 24 bits/192kHz any incoming sample rate at 16 or 24 bits of resolution and from 32 to 96kHz.
The D/A chips are the same Wolfson WMB8740 24-bit DACs used in Cambridge Audio's Azur 740C and 840C CD players. Two per channel operate in dual-differential mode for maximum noise reduction. You can run the DacMagic from its balanced XLR analog outputs into a balanced preamp and power amp for maximum noise cancellation. There's also a pair of RCA outs, for unbalanced types like me.
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If you have a really great CD player—such as Cambridge Audio's own 740C or 840C or Cary Audio's CDP 1—you're probably looking at a sideways change in sound, at best. Enjoy what you have. Meanwhile, I'm keeping the Cambridge Audio DacMagic.
—John AtkinsonAlthough its USB input is really of only utility quality and shouldn't be used for serious listening, the Cambridge Azur DacMagic otherwise offers superb measured performance. In fact, considering its street price of $400, this level of performance is astonishing. I am not surprised that Sam Tellig liked the DacMagic's sound. However, I am surprised that he preferred the Linear Phase filter setting; from my experience of the Meridian 808i.2 CD player, which also offers a minimum-phase reconstruction filter, I would have thought he might prefer the DacMagic's Minimum Phase setting. Perhaps there are other differences between the filters in the Cambridge and Meridian products.
—Matthew Bramble, Technical Director, Cambridge AudioDigital audio is certainly not a panacea (not that I need to tell you that!), and products like the DacMagic can do only so much, especially via USB. If the source is pretty good, the DacMagic can make it even better; if the source is not so good, the DacMagic can do only so much!
Περιοσότερα: Stereophile.com
