Manufacturer threatens lawsuit over negative review

UPDATE: dCS' has issued an update and apology, which can be read here: https://dcs.community/t/goldensound-h...

GoldenSound discusses the legal threats received from DAC manufacturer dCS over his review of the dCS Bartok.

Special thanks to Amir Majidimehr from AudioScienceReview and Jussi Laako from Signalyst for their input.

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0:00 - Andrew's Intro
3:32 - Golden's Intro
6:01 - Backstory
14:33 - Point 1: Delta-Sigma
17:05 - Point 2: Filters
17:43 - Point 3: 10Mhz Clock
18:06 - Point 4: DSD Noise
22:27 - Point 5: Default Upsampling
23:27 - Point 6: Reclocking
24:10 - Point 7: Review Setup
25:35 - Point 8: Lina Clock
26:15 - Golden's thoughts