Can Someone please explain Burr-Brown DACs

[maseo503]

Originally Posted by HAMP

What is this feature? All I know it is for clean sound, but can someone get a little more into the information?

Or maybe tell me how to test it out?

just as all engines have a fuel system... all digital devices have a Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC)... but in both cases, some do a better job than others. DACs change digital (numeric 0s and 1s) signals to analog (sound wave) signals. Burr-Brown was a company that held a long and much respected reputation in the integrated circuit industy... they were some of the first to develop DACs and the first to put it all on a single chip. Back in the day they employed some of the top up and coming engineers and amassed a bunch of patents. Texas Instruments bought them in 2000... and still use BB patented technology today. the BB DACs used in receivers such as the Onkyo 805 test very well on the bench and introduce little or nothing to the audio signal during conversion...for that, they are regarded highly among audiophiles.