On Sep 19, 12:58 pm, Deek wrote:
I'm sure they will acknowledge that it introduces controlled distortion.

I'm surprised at you... being a chief engineer and all... you should
realize that in this audio application we're talking strictly about
harmonic distortion. After all, that's what you can hear. In the
Analog Devices datasheet (page2)... this is given for the SSM2166 as
"Total Harmonic Distortion including internal chip noise" of typical
0.25%... and a maximum of 0.5%. These figures rival the finest audio
equipment!
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