The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype
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I'm a professional mastering engineer. I'm on YouTube to make entertaining videos while creating brand awareness for my no-nonsense, great value, online courses on audio related topics and VST plugins. I studied audio engineering in 2005 (BA hons 1st). Since then I've been a recording and mixing engineer, I've constructed studios, manufactured acoustic treatment, offered acoustic consultancy, built analogue compressors, EQs and amplifiers, fixed vintage guitar amps, soldered thousands of TT connections, made guitar FX pedals, released several albums, played gigs on drums, bass and guitar, taught at university and most recently started offering online courses and developing VST plugins. Despite the variety, my core specialization has always been mastering and I am most active within the techno scene. See my website for more info on what I'm currently working on: https://apmastering.com
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GOOGLE POLL: https://forms.gle/wAQopiwNp8xmYX8c7 WAV OF BLIND TEST: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JY8x0Vx7eL3KMoupVK1EAgHmeUJ6njxd/view?usp=sharing ▶ MY PLUGINS: https://apmastering.com/plugins ▶ MY COURSES: https://apmastering.com/courses SHOPS I USE AND RECOMMEND: ▶ Sound Imports: http://soundimports.eu ▶ SchneidersLaden: https://schneidersladen.de GEAR I USE AND RECOMMEND: ▶ Squarp: https://squarp.net ▶ Reaper: http://reaper.fm ▶ Hypex amplifiers: https://hypex.nl STUDIOS I RECOMMEND: ▶ Studio Wong: http://studiowong.de ========== Video Description ========== Although some viewers have accused me of being too quick to call things a scam in the past, I really feel like there's no better work to describe so called "high end DACs". I mention some DACs which cost many thousands of dollars and in one case, a DAC which costs 160,000 GBP, which is over $200k USD. I discuss R2R NOS DACs and then provide a blind test with a poll. Some converters DO sound bad and I give an example in this video. However, most sensible converters over a basic price level, let's say a few hundred dollars, when well designed, are already transparent.
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