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In Reply to: RE: Over time posted by jusbe on September 26, 2015 at 14:20:23
We all have our reasons for making the choices we do. I have not heard a R2R DAC but I'd like to someday. That being said, I've owned a few DS DACs, some with the same exact ESS DAC chip inside that sound very different.
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Each DAC sounds different, but to me, one type sounds like music and the other does not. In other words, when I hear an R2R, it immediately sounds like what I was looking for from digital for 20 years or so (my first CD player was when NAD just changed to "1 bit" and I stupidly thought that the newer technology must be an improvement, so did not buy the last of the multi bit players made by them). I can generally quickly hear the differences between the 2 types, but it's over the long term that the D-S really become unbearable.
It may be somewhat like hearing CDs sounding good and not knowing any better until one hears vinyl. Then one thinks, "that's music".
Different implementations of the Sabre chip, Different power supplies and different analog stages.
Alan
Who knows, perhaps King Wa can make the ESS Saber chip sound 'relaxed' and listenable over a long period of time.
Hoping I never have to find out.
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