1.0The Absolute Soundhttps://www.theabsolutesound.comTom Martinhttps://www.theabsolutesound.com/author/tom-martin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="R9rfNT7exa"><a href="https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/best-dacs-under-50k-series-tidal-camira-lc-review/">Best DACs Under $50k Series: Tidal Camira LC Review</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/best-dacs-under-50k-series-tidal-camira-lc-review/embed/#?secret=R9rfNT7exa" width="600" height="338" title="“Best DACs Under $50k Series: Tidal Camira LC Review” — The Absolute Sound" data-secret="R9rfNT7exa" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://www.theabsolutesound.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Best-DACs-Under-50k-Series-Tidal-Camira-LC-Review.jpg1280720Best DACs Under $50k Series: Tidal Camira LC Review - Regular viewers (thank you!) will know that we have defined six major issues for audio believability. These are systemic technical issues that have proven hard to address, one of these being ‘the problem of a-musical digital distortion’. We have been reviewing D/A converters in the hope of finding some that deal with the issue effectively. Is the Tidal Camira LC a DAC that breaks through this barrier? Let’s take a look.