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0 pointswishinghand4y ago0 comments

That's really interesting. Is that a common design in headphone and other consumer amps?

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It basically is now. He didn't invent the technique, but popularized it in inexpensive devices.

The O2 has been surpassed by many great designs, but the O2 really did start that arms race.

It was also popular in the 80s, 70s, 60s, and yes, the 50s. Everything old is new. The real question is, "Why did people switch to single stage amps in the 1990s and 2000s?" The answer is that a bunch of chips appeared on the market around that time which could do everything.

isatty4y ago

I'd say a higher end DAC/amp would consider it. My Benchmark devices (which nwavguy uses as a reference to build his O2 and ODAC) does it the right way.

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DiabloD34y ago

It basically is now. He didn't invent the technique, but popularized it in inexpensive devices.

The O2 has been surpassed by many great designs, but the O2 really did start that arms race.

klodolph4y ago

isatty4y ago

I'd say a higher end DAC/amp would consider it. My Benchmark devices (which nwavguy uses as a reference to build his O2 and ODAC) does it the right way.

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