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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 audioengr on April 17, 2014 at 09:33:18
Having heard the DAC with both PCM1704 and PCM63 with redbook the PCM63 version (the original version of the M24) still sounds the best to me...even more analog like and a bit less angular if that makes any sense.
Look, I don't know what DAC you are using now but I have heard plenty from the so-called SOTA (DCS, Meitner, Esoteric etc.) in terms of processors and/or DFs but they don't sound better to me at all...particularly with redbook...they simply sound more synthetic.
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"they don't sound better to me at all...particularly with redbook...they simply sound more synthetic"
I agree. There are a handful of DACs that are not like these however. Don't ask me to list them because I'll be breaking the rules.
I will be looking to replace my source in about half a year's time. For my sonic preferences, Rowland Aeris is the only DAC using Delta-Sigma conversion that is near the top of my audition list. The Luxman DA-06 is a little further down on the list, but could suffice.IIRC, these DACs run AD or TI/BB converters respectively - not the currently popular AKM, Wolfson, or ESS.
I have more ladder DACs than D-S DACs on my list though...
Cheers.
“As long as we have any intention to be right… we should be wary. So long as words have the slightest ego attachment, they are dishonest.” Charlotte Joko Beck
Edits: 04/23/14
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