Hi, just noticed a typo in the spec sheet for the Varèse: [Varèse Spec] Er, shouldn’t that be Minimum load?! :thinking: Same in the specs for all the other products btw, can’t believe I haven’t noticed it before!

Erno is right, Maximum load is the correct terminology. 600Ω is a demanding load for the analogue output drivers. Higher impedances are less demanding loads. An open circuit is no load.

Then I guess the problem is just my pedantic mind that cannot accept the cognitive dissonance of describing something as increasing when the unit we are measuring it in is decreasing. “More difficult load”, “more challenging load” but not “increasing load”. Anyway if nobody else has a problem with…

Just for clarification - "Maximum Load is correct - it just seems wrong (as you’ve all been discussing). I shall go sit back in my corner again and await someone giving me a kick again… :slight_smile:

Thanks Phil. I’ll do the same.

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Well, just to take you out of your corner. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: If I read it right, there is an incongruency on the spec sheet regarding supported sample rates. In the input section the maximum sample rate (even for sub) is dsd128. But in the sample rate section, the maximum sample rate …

[image] jvvita: How is the dac running dad256/512 if the maximum the inputs support is dsd128? That DSD128 limitation is specifically for the USB and Dual AES inputs (with IO module fitted). DSD256/512 is obviously supported over the Ethernet streaming interface, and via upsampling. So, no, …

It could be. But I don’t see this sample rate listed on the rj45 input spec. And to list sample rate support that is achieved via internal upsampling is not industry standard. Sample rate is always referenced to the file being fed to the dac. And it is not usual the rj45 to support higher sample ra…

[image] jvvita: And to list sample rate support that is achieved via internal upsampling is not industry standard. Sorry I don’t follow, what industry standard? AFAIK, it’s common practices for vendors who support upsampling capability within their platforms to explicitly call the rate that t…

Hi Jose, I see that Anup has beaten me to it but yes, he is correct … the Varese system which, without the legacy IO module, has Ethernet connectivity and supports DSD256 and DSD512 playback over the network input. Adding the legacy IO module adds AES inputs which can handle a maximum of DSD128 - …

Spec sheet error?

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James (James Cook) August 19, 2024, 9:39am 24

Corrected. Thanks again Erno!

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