Digital audio technology is changing faster than any area of music reproduction technology. The benefit to the consumer is extraordinary as the sonics of digital audio converters (DACS), streaming audio, servers and network equipment improves dramatically year upon year. Simultaneously, the cost of a given level of performance continues to plummet while the upper limits for the highest levels of performance seems to have no bounds (and no price ceiling!).

Yet, when considering a digital audio component, there is often much more that matters than the pure digital technology involved. Despite what many say, it’s not just about reproducing 1s and 0s! Actually, reliably transmitting and reproducing 1s and 0s is the easy part. What many don’t understand are the importance of timing accuracy in the digital chain; extreme reduction of digital and external noise; and perhaps the ultimate, the quality of the analog circuitry inside a DAC. In today’s digital audio world, these factors often contribute greater to the quality of sand of a digital component, then very special digital processing. Like everything, it’s the entire system that you listen to.

Even amongst the highest performance products, accuracy to real music varies greatly. At XtremeFidelity, we can demonstrate these differences and guide you to the truest musical reproduction.