The Technology
Bear with us. A key attribute that enhances the sound quality of a SAC system is it utilizes linear integer processing with hexi-decimal extensions that eliminate fractional values when digitizing audio.
With other digital audio formats, their mathematical calculations of audio are summed primarily in fractional values – and these must ultimately be interpreted to 1 or 0 (binary code). Such interpretations are made randomly and result in inherent inaccuracies.
SAC, on the other hand, does not round-off ones and zeros arbitrarily. The greater accuracy of these proprietary algorithms result in audible improvements that not only emulate analog, but perhaps even improve upon it, in terms of reduced noise floor, lower distortion, and increased resolution.
That’s a mouthful, to be sure. For those of us who do not design A/D and D/A chip sets for a living, or spend our time writing hexi-decimal code, the simple explanation is that SAC provides a level of audio purity that goes well beyond the norm.
Users passionately agree that Lentini’s algorithms provide an audible improvement that’s not only significant when analyzed scientifically, but clearly audible as well. It seems that the topology and component selection of the analog portion of the pre-amps plays a smaller part than might be expected, when the digitalization is so well executed.
To the uninitiated, this may well seem like a complete reversal of the established standards that have prevailed since the dawn of analog electronics. Let’s explore further.
Assembly Required
Of significant importance, SAC is written in assembly language. A declining art in these modern times, where C++ and other high level languages are the norm, assembly language is low-level and close to machine code – and therefore highly efficient.
Events happen extremely fast in assembly language because processing overhead is very low. An old 486 processor running assembly code can beat a new multi-gigahertz CPU that’s running a high-overhead language. What’s fascinating, and very important, is that the results can be heard, not just benchmarked.
While a SAC license can be purchased directly from RML (and a free demo is available at www.softwareaudioconsole.com), software alone does not a system make.
And while a small-business software developer needs to stay very focused on, well, software, which is what Lentini loves to do, numerous other bits and pieces are needed to make a real-world functional system…and they must be carefully integrated with expert knowledge and care.
This is exactly why Value Added Resellers, or VARs, play an essential role in completing the picture. One leading VAR interviewed for this article assembles a full working system (pun intended) to ensure that all aspects are sorted out and ready to use “right out of the box.”