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Re: [Doepfer_a100] Re: Sine wave discussion - Poll suggestion

2008-12-03 by Nicholas Gregorich

laryn91 wrote:
> Why ever prefer analog at all over digital? To my ears analog sounds better because it's an 
> infinitely continuous signal without all the undesired artifacts from discrete PCM 
> conversion.

In one post you quote THD as a measure of sine quality, now a digital 
oscillator (with THD specifications well below the 1% mentioned) has too 
many artifacts?

Anything out of a DAC (and reconstruction filter) is a continuous signal.

Regards,

Nicholas

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