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In Reply to: "certainly one can do better than a topping...." posted by andy evans on October 26, 2023 at 14:57:03:
Yeah that hype train is powerful until the dust settles. IMHO there are 3 types of dacs, chip like the sabre and AKM for instance, R2R/NOS, and FPGA. Sure there are examples that blurr those lines but I think its safe to say most here will understand. So far the R2R and FPGA have been more to my liking in musicality with the chip dacs being more sterile. But the output and psu also matter and it seems that R2R and FPGA dacs tend to focus more on that than SOME of the chip dacs.
I don't doubt the grainy treble. Also my dac has a tube rectifier that you can toggle on and off, and you can hear the difference the tube rectification makes. Basically the bass is more robust and that seems to affect the whole sonic picture and makes it more musical. So that common wisdom you see here that dacs sound the same and don't spend loads of money doesn't apply to all dacs.
When you try the Cutest let us know what you think.
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- RE: "certainly one can do better than a topping...." - Dawnrazor 09:41:44 10/27/23 (3)
- RE: "certainly one can do better than a topping...." - morricab 06:43:37 10/30/23 (2)
- RE: "certainly one can do better than a topping...." - Dawnrazor 14:43:58 11/01/23 (1)
- RE: "certainly one can do better than a topping...." - morricab 10:08:56 11/02/23 (0)
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