I noticed a post on MSB's site regarding the Sabre DAC not being 32-bit, but actually 6-bit.
Here's a short snippet from their post:
"So the hot new 32 bit DAC is actually a 6 bit DAC! Right from their own white paper. It is undoubtably a good DAC for the mass consumer market it was designed for. It is certainly nothing of interest to the high-end community, especially as the the DAC, digital filter and sample rate converter that cannot be dissabled are all bundled in a single chip so no opportunity exists to improve its performance."
I understand that more bits don't necessarily translate into better sound, but just from a technical perspective is what MSB stating on their site accurate?
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Topic - Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - sheppard 13:31:52 07/27/10 (52)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Thorsten 05:38:47 07/31/10 (22)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Werner 23:26:09 08/02/10 (9)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Thorsten 04:01:24 08/03/10 (8)
- "Noise Shaping" in D/A Conversion.............. - Todd Krieger 01:32:27 08/06/10 (7)
- RE: "Noise Shaping" in D/A Conversion.............. - Thorsten 08:42:40 08/06/10 (6)
- RE: "Noise Shaping" in D/A Conversion.............. - MGH 22:25:45 08/08/10 (5)
- RE: "Noise Shaping" in D/A Conversion.............. - Thorsten 19:13:33 08/09/10 (2)
- RE: "Noise Shaping" in D/A Conversion.............. - MGH 20:18:23 08/09/10 (0)
- RE: "Noise Shaping" in D/A Conversion.............. - MGH 20:16:11 08/09/10 (0)
- RE: "Noise Shaping" in D/A Conversion.............. - Werner 22:35:15 08/08/10 (1)
- RE: "Noise Shaping" in D/A Conversion.............. - MGH 00:12:59 08/09/10 (0)
- Well I'll Be................. - Todd Krieger 19:43:39 08/02/10 (1)
- RE: Well I'll Be................. - Thorsten 04:20:12 08/03/10 (0)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - dusfor99 18:37:13 07/31/10 (4)
- What is your reaction to MSB's... - DAVID 21:53:49 08/03/10 (0)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Thorsten 22:13:09 07/31/10 (2)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - dusfor99 00:17:56 08/01/10 (1)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - MGH 14:35:19 08/09/10 (0)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - rick_m 07:03:10 07/31/10 (4)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Thorsten 09:34:44 07/31/10 (1)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - rick_m 13:20:23 07/31/10 (0)
- specs - Joe Murphy Jr 08:15:12 07/31/10 (1)
- RE: specs - rick_m 13:21:21 07/31/10 (0)
- taking snippets out of context to score some bogus point or other - Elizabeth 13:41:38 07/30/10 (0)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - DannyR 01:08:59 07/30/10 (3)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Travis 08:49:55 07/30/10 (2)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Adriel 23:50:58 07/30/10 (1)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Travis 07:05:23 07/31/10 (0)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Todd Krieger 20:03:00 07/28/10 (17)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Thorsten 06:01:22 07/31/10 (3)
- The ASRC Portion of this Article is Absolute Garbage............. - Todd Krieger 15:35:18 07/31/10 (1)
- RE: The ASRC Portion of this Article is Absolute Garbage............. - Thorsten 20:51:56 07/31/10 (0)
- Here is a good link ... - lochrider 12:55:44 07/31/10 (0)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Tony Lauck 11:16:17 07/29/10 (10)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Todd Krieger 22:06:18 07/29/10 (9)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Tony Lauck 08:04:52 07/30/10 (8)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Todd Krieger 19:10:07 07/30/10 (5)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Adriel 23:24:10 07/30/10 (4)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Todd Krieger 00:22:43 07/31/10 (3)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Tony Lauck 09:22:42 08/02/10 (2)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Todd Krieger 00:52:48 08/03/10 (1)
- RE: I've noticed similar effects with ultrasonic bug repellers - rick_m 07:04:20 08/03/10 (0)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - ahendler 11:46:17 07/30/10 (1)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Tony Lauck 12:19:07 07/30/10 (0)
- Are you sure Sabre uses asynchronous upsampling? - Jon L 09:04:19 07/29/10 (1)
- RE: Are you sure Sabre uses asynchronous upsampling? - Tony Lauck 11:00:31 07/29/10 (0)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Gordon Rankin 05:07:18 07/28/10 (3)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - sheppard 13:35:55 07/28/10 (2)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Tony Lauck 10:51:31 07/29/10 (0)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit? - Gordon Rankin 05:48:45 07/29/10 (0)
- False in One, False in All - Tony Lauck 20:38:55 07/27/10 (0)
- RE: Sabre DAC not 32-bit?....No its 6 [SIX] bit - Lucky_Guy 16:13:42 07/27/10 (0)