<rassclaht2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Hello,
>
> I am in the market for a DAC. And like most computer
> hardware, only a few manufacturers make DAC chips. Many
> people design different output stages for the DACs but
> even the best designed output stage is only as good as
> the source feeding it. So I got to wondering: who makes
> the best DAC chips?
> This DAC would be for regular CD format, not SACD.
It's a competitive battle, with the major players being Crystal, AKM, and
TI. However released a SOTA chip last is probably the winner, this week.
;-)
Good DAC chips for 16/44 are just about at the jelly bean level. Most
recent optical players I look inside are using AKM chips that convert as
high as 24/192, but have about 96 dB dynamic range, so that means that
they
do a good job with CDs, and technically degrade the higher resolution
formats, as if it makes any sonic difference.
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