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In Reply to: RE: I suspected as much posted by morricab on February 16, 2015 at 04:55:20
Hi i see that many acclaimed dacs are not multibit
The Bricasti M1 for instance uses one AD1955 per channel i think
Maybe there is much more than only the dac chip ?
Kind regards,
bg
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Well the AD1955 is not a R2R ladder DAC and I am not sure that I have heard it in anything so I honestly cannot comment on the Bricasti DAC. I do know the main reason to go to the other chips is cost...R2Rs are expensive relative to the delta/sigma or hybrid types.
Look at what MSB technologies is charging for their own made R2R dac modules...big bucks!!
Also, the French TotalDac wants serious money for their DAC also with self-made modules.
Hi and thanks again for the kind and helpful advice
I have never listened to the Bricasti dac but reviews are very positive indeed.
I understand that some dac chips are quite expensive but my point is that when the aim is to build a top dac it would be at least surprising that they skimp on the dac chip quality.
I read one comment about a listening test of 3 dacs with same dac chip (quite cheap by itself) and very different level of cost and build of course.
The most expensive was completely in another league soundwise compared to the cheaper ones.
So it really seems that excellent performance can be obtained even from today dac chips when well used.
Thanks again.
Kind regards,
bg
Edits: 02/16/15 02/16/15 02/17/15
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