Box-to-Box Phase Accuracy of Benchmark DAC1 and DAC2 Converters
Phase Accurate Multi-Channel D/A Conversion - Using Multiple DAC1 or DAC2 Converters Two or more Benchmark DAC1 or DAC2 converters can be use...
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Jitter in A/D Converters
All A/D converters have two forms of jitter: Conversion clock jitter, and interface jitter. These two forms of jitter are very different and have ...
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What High-Resolution Audio is NOT
"Low-Resolution Hardware Cannot Deliver High-Resolution Audio" The music industry is struggling to define High-Resolution Audio or "HRA". In doing ...
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Audio Myth - "24-bit Audio Has More Resolution Than 16-bit Audio"
This myth goes something like this: "Analog audio has infinite amplitude resolution." "Digital audio is limited to a finite number of steps." "24-b...
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The AHB2 - A Radical Approach to Audio Power Amplification
Radical! The performance of the AHB2 would not have been achievable without taking a radical approach to power amplification. In many ways, the A...
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Don't Blame the Headphones!
Headphones Sounding Bad? It Could be Your Headphone Amplifier! It is easy to build a headphone amplifier that produces sound. It is an entirely di...
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The Mac Mini as a High-Resolution Audio Server
A "Mini" Server for High-Resolution Audio Mastering and Recording Engineer, Mark Waldrep (A.K.A. Dr. AIX) recently published an excellent applicati...
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The CE Mark - A Photo-Tour of Immunity Testing
Testing for Immunity to Interference Most people have seen the CE mark on electronic equipment, but few have had the opportunity to witness the ...
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The CE Mark - What Does it Mean, and Why Should I Care?
Why is the CE Mark Important? Many electronic products have a "CE" mark affixed to the product. This mark is mandatory in European markets, but i...
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Headphone Impedance and Sensitivity
Is headphone impedance important? What is headphone sensitivity? Which headphones will work best with my new headphone amplifier? Which hea...
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Why "Audio Goes to 11"
Intersample Overs - Part 2 In my last post, "Audio that Goes to 11", I made the bold assertion that most of our audio recordings contain peaks t...
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Audio That Goes to 11
Intersample Overs - Part 1 It's on your iPhone, your Android and your computer. It's even on those CDs you put on a shelf somewhere. Audio that ...
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What is High-Resolution Audio? - Part 2
Is there Life Beyond 20 kHz? High-Resolution Audio systems offer the promise of an extended high-frequency range. High-Resolution digital systems n...
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What is High-Resolution Audio? - Part 1
Eliminate the Noise! There is a raging debate over the definition of "High-Resolution Audio". The focus of this debate has been misdirected by a lo...
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Headphone Amplifiers - Part 2
It's all about control! - Headphone Output Impedance The movement of headphone transducers must be well controlled in order to produce high-quality...
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Headphone Amplifiers - Part 1
Headphones do not Behave Like a Resistor - Beware of Misleading Specifications! A couple years ago, some of us at Benchmark noticed a weird discre...
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An Examination of Headphone Amplifier Performance Specifications
Headphone Amplifier Whitepaper Recording Engineers and Audiophiles often distrust audio measurements and specifications. It is not uncommon to he...
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iPad Streams High-Resolution Audio to Benchmark DAC1
iPad Music Server A simple USB adapter made by Apple can enable the iPad to connect directly to a Benchmark DAC1. Using this adapter, the iPad can ...
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