[nst7]

If you had the chance to work with high quality converters, I don't think you'd change your mind about some of those things.

And regarding the converters, many companies use it as marketing speak.

There are only a a few companies that actually make A/D and D/A converters. All the various manufacturers use the few that are made. What makes all the difference in the world is the design around those converters.

Just like in the television world, there's only a few companies that make the actual screens/displays, and all the manufacturers buy from them, but each company's design can get vastly different results from those panels.