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In Reply to: RE: IF you want a DAC to play normal "redbook" cds then you shouldn't buy the latest and greatest... posted by morricab on April 15, 2014 at 02:44:46
You are scaring me here. I don't know much about digital technology. I'm a vinyl guy. But I recently got interested in headphones. I have a Rotel 971 CD player that I use for playback and a Shanling PH100 amp. I just purchased a used Xindac 5 tube DAC because it would give me higher resolution. Are you saying I wasted my money?
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If I was going Chinese, I would have looked at the Lite Dacs...specifically the Lite DAC 83... Just IMO.
Have had our Lite Audio system - LT-1 transport and DAC 83 - for a couple of weeks now and we're glad we got it (wife and I).
It used to be just me that would have listening sessions - pulling out disc after disc to luxuriate in the music. Now the wife is doing this too.
big j.
"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."
Do not be alarmed. The thread starter is only presenting their opinion of which DAC chips produce the best subjective performance with standard CD format; aka, the 'redbook' standard. Remember, the CD standard is 44,100 samples per second, at 16-bits resolution per sample. Xindak states that their model 5 DAC utilizes the Analog Devices AD1852 chip, which is an delta-sigma based D/A converter that is specified to achieve nearly 19-bits of effective resolution, at up to a 192,000 sample per second rate. Which means you not only can fully resolve the CD audio standard, but also can take substantial advantage of the increased resoulution provided by high-definition didigtal audio sources. Not that long ago, (although, I don't know if it is still the case) the AD1852 was used in Meridian's top-of-the-line 808 model DAC.The bottom line is, to my thinking, if you currently enjoy musical satisfaction via your Xindak DAC, ignore any feelings of audiophile neurosis over technical specifications. Just as the proof of an pudding is in the tasting, the proof of an home audio system is in the listening.
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Ken Newton
Edits: 04/15/14
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