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Slightly OT

I own the Monarchy M24 DAC, which contains the mighty PCM-63, and have heard extensively the Monarchy NM24 DAC, which has the PCM-1704. The digital filter (DF1704), receiver chip and analog output stage are nearly identical (different resistor values for the IV conversion, which is passive). You know which one actually SOUNDS better? The original with the PCM-63. Really.

I don't have an opinion about this DSD stuff yet because the last player I actually heard was a modified SACD 777 that had Vacuumstate level 5+ mods (all new analog outputs installed). That was really good but I cannot say it was better than the best PCM I have heard.

I hope to try some native DSD with a true DSD DAC soon though.

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