In Reply to: RE: Then there's the Gustard X30 posted by AbeCollins on March 10, 2025 at 09:20:25:
My OPPO BPD-105D has the same ESS9018 as your HA-1. My OPPO Sonica had the ESS9028.
Both were more digital and leaner sounding than the Cambridge 851N's Twin Analog Devices AD1955 DAC that I upgraded to in 2020.
I once compared the Cambridge Analog Devices DAC to an ADI-2-DAC FS AKM using AES/EBU connection. Via AES/EBU these two DACs sounded more or less on the same level.
The new AKM DAC in the Eversolo A8 to these ears sounds more refined than the ADI-2-DAC.
As you suggest - implementation is probably the key factor here.
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