In Reply to: I suspected as much posted by excelit on February 14, 2015 at 17:56:37:
check out the PCM1704 or 1702. Earlier examples were the PCM63. None of these are that easy to find in new production DACs, but I think Tentlabs still has stock of the PCM63 for its designs, and I bought a fantastic 1704K DAC last year (listed in my system).
Ultra Analog 20400 DACs are supposed to be amazing.
The Philips 1541A is great - if care is taken to maximise its potential (see the AMR CD77 or the Zanden series). The has been used in many a NOS design.
New, proprietary chips can be had from Metrum or MSB, but those are $$$. Schiit Audio is rumoured to be releasing a new R2R DAC (Yggdrasil) but that is still mythical at present.
That's a decent start.
Big J
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