iDome is motherboard manufacturer abit’s first entry on the sound market and iDome DS500 is a pair of speakers that is quite different from most other speakers. abit has namely chosen to build completely digital speakers and are very clear that these are intended for computers and other digital devices. By removing the analog sound signal transfer it has, in theory, eliminated noise and artifacts. This means that practically any sound circuit should be able to send a clear signal from the source to the speakers. At TechReport they’ve taken a look at abit’s digital speakers, which despite its high price has some very interesting advantages.
“Through several songs, our subject was unable to distinguish reliably between digital motherboard output and analog output coming from the X-Fi. The two sounded all but identical to his ears, and I couldn’t discern a meaningful difference in playback quality, either. Score one for the iDomes.”
Completely digital speakers is an interesting concept and abit seems to have a very nice set of speakers here.
