Dear Edward...

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Read about Millenium TACT digital hi-fi amp.
How i remembered this is called Direct DAC or Power DAC.
Signal is not converted from digital to analog and amplified after conversion. DAC is actually amplifier.
It amplify just ones (1) of binary code to max output power.
Normally, cone of speaker cannot follow this rapid voltage change, and from integration of voltage changes caused by variable density of zeros (0) and ones (1), speaker recreates waveform of sound. Uh.

If those Rolands work this way, this is a big adventage.
If not, this is just another alternative to bring signal to speakers.
This is practical option if you have all-digital studio with solid clock generator.
 
Blue Bear Sound said:
There are [2] advantages to using digital connectors right thru the monitor chain.

1) the lines will incur little transmission loss, and interference won't affect the actual audio signal
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and how would that be better than something insane like some shielded 2/0 speaker cable??
 
Digital transmission is ALWAYS superior to "analog" simply because of its inherent resistance to interference and long-run capabilities....

Look at computer networking technology....


Bruce
 
more than likely, it would be better to go from a hi-fi da to the analog ins of a monitor, than to use the cheap converters on the speaker.

I read a review about a pair of $10,000 xen monitors and the reviewer preferred to go to the analog ins than the digital ins.

I would be very wary of using digital ins on a speaker at this time.
 
As I said earlier, unlike an A-to-D converter, it's relatively easy to make a good-sounding, and inexpensive D-to-A converter.

I think those fears are unfounded....

Bruce
 
As I said earlier, unlike an A-to-D converter, it's relatively easy to make a good-sounding, and inexpensive D-to-A converter.
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Hmm. I'd have to agree that from a design standpoint its easier to make a good D/A. However, I've always had trouble reconciling that fact with what converter manufactureres (db tech, prism, apogee, lucid, etc) charge for D/As. It seems most of them don't charge that much less for their D/As than their A/Ds. Given the cost of D/As from some of these companies I have to wonder if the D/A in a speaker can match that level of quality.

Then again, maybe they don't have to. The speaker is probably going to color the sound much more than the D/A. Not to mention that if I look at the monitors that have become industry standards for doing mixes, I'd be tempted to conclude that accurate reproduction is not necessarly a prerequisite for making mixes that translate well.
 
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