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<blockquote data-quote="Digerati" data-source="post: 620886" data-attributes="member: 59833">Oh wait! I know you didn&#039;t say that! My mistake for not being clear.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite118" alt=":oops:" title="Oops!&nbsp; &nbsp; :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" /> Sorry for the confusion. Yes I know fully what DAC and ADC devices are for and how they work. And I know how our ears perceive sound (right or wrong). I emphasize &quot;wrong&quot; because sadly, many perceive loudness with quality when in actuality, SPLs (sound pressure levels) have very little to do with the quality of a speaker. It really has everything to do with distortion, or rather the lack of it. That is, quality refers to the ability to &quot;reproduce&quot; the sound exactly as it was &quot;produced&quot;. The point I poorly was trying to make is Logitech (and a bunch of others) call their speakers (including the <a href="http://support.logitech.com/en_us/product/z5500-digital-51-speaker-system" target="_blank">Z-5500</a>) &quot;digital&quot; speakers. And that bothers me because they market them as though that makes them superior to non-digital. Which of course, makes no sense. For awhile there, I worked with the sound engineers for Mannheim Steamroller. They are homed here in the Omaha area and I got to know them when they setup for a concert for Offutt AFB personnel and I was responsible for interfacing their equipment with our PA systems (I&#039;m a retired AF electronics tech). Fantastic experiences. Anyway, a couple of them did home theater installations when not touring. I got to help them setup a couple $50,000+ systems. And I assure you, you don&#039;t have to be an audiophile with a calibrated ear to hear the difference between a $50, $500, or even a $5000 system compared to a $50,000 system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Digerati, post: 620886, member: 59833"] Oh wait! I know you didn't say that! My mistake for not being clear. :oops: Sorry for the confusion. Yes I know fully what DAC and ADC devices are for and how they work. And I know how our ears perceive sound (right or wrong). I emphasize "wrong" because sadly, many perceive loudness with quality when in actuality, SPLs (sound pressure levels) have very little to do with the quality of a speaker. It really has everything to do with distortion, or rather the lack of it. That is, quality refers to the ability to "reproduce" the sound [U]exactly[/U] as it was "produced". The point I poorly was trying to make is Logitech (and a bunch of others) call their speakers (including the [URL='http://support.logitech.com/en_us/product/z5500-digital-51-speaker-system']Z-5500[/URL]) "digital" speakers. And that bothers me because they market them as though that makes them superior to non-digital. Which of course, makes no sense. For awhile there, I worked with the sound engineers for Mannheim Steamroller. They are homed here in the Omaha area and I got to know them when they setup for a concert for Offutt AFB personnel and I was responsible for interfacing their equipment with our PA systems (I'm a retired AF electronics tech). Fantastic experiences. Anyway, a couple of them did home theater installations when not touring. I got to help them setup a couple $50,000+ systems. And I assure you, you don't have to be an audiophile with a calibrated ear to hear the difference between a $50, $500, or even a $5000 system compared to a $50,000 system. [/QUOTE]

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