This article on DSD vs PCM was reproduced from the educational archives of Yuri’s Sample Rate Converter website with his kind permission. All copyright belongs to the said website and any reproduction of this information below can only be done with the express permission of Yuri Korzunov. DSD vs PCM competition leads to many disputes around. These formats are not so different as seems as discussed here. Read about some myths and their technical explanation. If reconsider some of the common myths or opinions […]

DSD Vs PCM – Real Competitors?

DSD VS PCM is the latest in a series of short educational primers from Yuri Korzunov. Do both formats have more commonalities than differences? This article on DSD vs PCM commonalities was reproduced from the educational archives of Yuri’s Sample Rate Converter website with his kind permission. All copyright belongs to said website and any reproduction of this information below can only be done with the express permission of Yuri Korzunov. DSD and PCM are considered to be different audio file formats, as a general […]

DSD Vs PCM – Commonalities

This article on testing was reproduced from the educational archives of Yuri’s Sample Rate Converter website with his kind permission. All copyright belongs to said website and any reproduction of this information below can only be done with the express permission of Yuri Korzunov. This feature is also part 1 of a two-part series on DSD audio. The second part next Friday will focus more on the shared commonalities between competing audio formats. Most likely you will already have heard about DSD or […]

What Is DSD Audio?

The Seven Keystones Of Accurate Audio Blind Testing is a walkthrough to properly explain and correct where applicable the concepts of comparing different audio gear in a subjective listening environment. This article on testing was reproduced from the educational archives of Yuri’s Sample Rate Converter website with his kind permission. All copyright belongs to said website and any reproduction of this information below can only be done with the express permission of Yuri Korzunov. Myths “Audiophile myths debunked” is one of the popular […]

Seven Keystones Of Accurate Audio Blind Testing

You hear this term jitter quite a lot in audiophile discussions, particularly with reference to digital audio conversions or DACs. Yuri ends the year with a more detailed explanation of what jitter actually is, measured, and suppressed in audio components. This article was reproduced from the educational archives of Yuri’s Sample Rate Converter website with his kind permissions. All copyright belongs to said website and any reproduction of this information below can only be done with the express permission of […]

What Is Jitter in Audio?

I have read many endless discussions about audio equipment. Topics include cables, lossless vs. lossy, compression algorithms, jitter, ultrasound, playback files from different places of a hard disk, power conditioners, etc. I suppose the reason for the discussion focuses on a small perceived sound difference between each type, for example, a cable. The debate means that the difference is not obvious for everybody, or perhaps there is no difference at all. So is this the end of high-end? Can we really […]

Where Is The Limit Of Audio Quality?

A power conditioner is a piece of equipment whose electrical functionality is relatively simple to demonstrate. However, what is harder is measuring the conditioner’s impact on sound quality. This topic will look at what happens with audio playback with and without the use of power conditioning. I’d want to tell you right now: there is no simple unequivocal answer. Each case is individual. At each home or studio setup, personal setups will affect the outcome. There are many variables. I […]

Power Conditioning For Audio – It’s Real Advantage?

This is the first in what I hope will be an education series of features on the basics of audio from our guest writer, Yuri. Today’s topic is really the building blocks of audio and that is all about audio physics and electrical theories. Basically what drives all our audio gear to work and create sound. Yuri is an automation engineer with a specialism in telemechanics and communications. He has also worked his way up from engineer rank to a […]

Audio Physics For Beginners