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In the Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player
Post Subject: Newer NOS DAC chips???Posted by nycparamedic on: 12/12/2008
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 tuga wrote:
...of manufacturers claims. They have to make a living out of selling their gear.
From what I gather, the "select top 5%" are just that: no physical diferences, just tighter quality control.

That's what I suspected.
 tuga wrote:
About your comparison, it would help to know what speakers you are using and the material you played.
The ADCOM uses the PCM1702 20bit chip which is technically superior but I had a Denon with the same chip that sounded like crap (in part due to a "tiny" transformer).
Speakers are a pair of original B&W Matrix 804. The room, 17x13, is dedicated to listening and has numerous Real Traps installed. Music was various, Beethoven String Quartets by Juliard at the Library of Congress; White Stripes; Jolie Holland; Belle & Sebastian; Camera Obscura; Okerville River. Stuff that I listen to fairly often.

Is there anyone making a newer Non-Oversampling DAC chip that is better than the older Phillips TDA chips? I am also curious to read John Atkison's review of the Wavelength Audio Cosecant v3 USB DAC. He asked for a reiew smaple after hearing the DAC -with the 24/96 DAC module- at RAF 2008.

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