Cayman
Active member
Hello,
I have been looking at buying a pair of ML Montis and temporary halted the process when I realized that it will soon be discontinued.
However, since all the new ML reference range speakers come with Digital crossovers, I am wondering about what exactly happens to the audio signal that is fed in to these speakers.
As I understand, the signal that is fed in to Montis goes through a Analog--Digital conversion first before the DPS is applied and then the separated HF and LF signals are going through individual Digital--Analog conversion again before being sent to the ES panel and the class D amplifier that drives the cone woofer respectively.
Doesn't this effectively negate the role of the high end DAC that one might be using upstream, as what the speakers essentially "see / hear" is what is converted by the in-speaker DAC?
Or am I completely off base here?
Furthermore, the process involves two sets of conversions; one from analog to digital before DSP and another digital to analog after DSP within the speaker itself.
I have been in touch with Roger Sanders to see how his speakers handle this and he confirmed that his upcoming 10e speakers will use the DBX Venu 360 Digital crossover (form Harman). Venu has the option of receiving a digital signal directly from the source, but Roger does not recommend using Venu as a preamo, so even with this approach an additional conversion process is involved.
Appreciate your thoughts on this.
I have been looking at buying a pair of ML Montis and temporary halted the process when I realized that it will soon be discontinued.
However, since all the new ML reference range speakers come with Digital crossovers, I am wondering about what exactly happens to the audio signal that is fed in to these speakers.
As I understand, the signal that is fed in to Montis goes through a Analog--Digital conversion first before the DPS is applied and then the separated HF and LF signals are going through individual Digital--Analog conversion again before being sent to the ES panel and the class D amplifier that drives the cone woofer respectively.
Doesn't this effectively negate the role of the high end DAC that one might be using upstream, as what the speakers essentially "see / hear" is what is converted by the in-speaker DAC?
Or am I completely off base here?
Furthermore, the process involves two sets of conversions; one from analog to digital before DSP and another digital to analog after DSP within the speaker itself.
I have been in touch with Roger Sanders to see how his speakers handle this and he confirmed that his upcoming 10e speakers will use the DBX Venu 360 Digital crossover (form Harman). Venu has the option of receiving a digital signal directly from the source, but Roger does not recommend using Venu as a preamo, so even with this approach an additional conversion process is involved.
Appreciate your thoughts on this.