RightMark Audio Analyzer test report

These measurements were kindly made and given by Hao-Wu from Taiwan. About them, Hao-Wu says,

I have to emphasize that I use “NOT” very professional X-Fi XtremeMusic soundcard (which is a entertainment card not recording card) to measure the sound quality. So if measuring with professional soundcards (creative 1212M, creative 1616M, M-audio Delta series, MAYA44 etc.) or equipments, I think the data may be even more accurate and impressive.

Best regards,
Hao-Wu Lin

Hao-Wu also informed me that he used 1% precision resistors on the output buffer. I think the measurements would be even better with 0.1% precision resistors, as specified in the "Fancy" BOM.

Setup

Testing device ezdac with PCM1794/AD8610
Sampling mode 16-bit, 44 kHz
Interface  
Testing chain External loopback (line-out - line-in)
RMAA Version 6.0.5
20 Hz - 20 kHz filter ON
Normalize amplitude ON
Mono mode OFF
Calibration singal, Hz 1000
Polarity inverted/inverted

Summary

Frequency response (from 40 Hz to 15 kHz), dB
+0.02, -0.15
Very good
Noise level, dB (A)
-94.2
Very good
Dynamic range, dB (A)
92.9
Very good
THD, %
0.0029
Excellent
THD + Noise, dB (A)
-84.6
Good
IMD + Noise, %
0.0069
Excellent
Stereo crosstalk, dB
-93.7
Excellent
IMD at 10 kHz, %
0.0072
Excellent
General performance
 
Excellent

Frequency response

Spectrum graph
20 Hz to 20 kHz, dB
-0.26, +0.02
40 Hz to 15 kHz, dB
-0.15, +0.02

Noise level

Spectrum graph
 
Left
Right
RMS power, dB
-93.1
-93.2
RMS power (A-weighted), dB
-94.2
-94.2
Peak level, dB FS
-80.8
-80.9
DC offset, %
+0.0
+0.0

Dynamic range

Spectrum graph
 
Left
Right
Dynamic range, dB
+91.8
+91.8
Dynamic range (A-weighted), dB
+92.9
+93.0
DC offset, %
+0.00
+0.00

THD + Noise (at -3 dB FS)

Spectrum graph
 
Left
Right
THD, %
+0.0030
+0.0028
THD + Noise, %
+0.0059
+0.0058
THD + Noise (A-weighted), %
+0.0060
+0.0058

Intermodulation distortion

Spectrum graph
 
Left
Right
IMD + Noise, %
+0.0070
+0.0069
IMD + Noise (A-weighted), %
+0.0060
+0.0060

Stereo crosstalk

Spectrum graph
 
Left
Right
100 Hz, dB
-95
-90
1 kHz, dB
-93
-92
10 kHz, dB
-91
-85

IMD (swept tones)

Spectrum graph
 
Left
Right
IMD + Noise @ 5 kHz,
0.0076
0.0072
IMD + Noise @ 10 kHz,
0.0072
0.0071
IMD + Noise @ 15 kHz,
0.0070
0.0070
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