Can somebody explain me why the digital player is as important as the DAC, if we are talking about making the sound?
What I mean is that a digital player just gives his 1's and 0's digital to the DAC, so the music stays the same (as the studio mixed it)?
So a digital player can't make the sound more clear, open, warmer, broader etc.? Only the DAC does that?
If the digital player makes the sound more clear, open, warmer, broader etc. then the 1's and 0's are changed?
So you can use a cheap digital player (with a good app of course) because the DAC does all the works?
Or does a digital player do more?
As you can see I put question marks after every sentence.
Can anybody explain to me how "the making of a sound" is also done by the digital player?
I know that amplifiers and speakers also do a lot but I want to know this part of the chain.
Already thanks.