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In Reply to: RE: More than likely posted by E-Stat on October 17, 2016 at 13:52:27
People in 'digital' forums tend to place too much weight on the DAC chip itself for it's contribution to the overall sound of a DAC. There are several outstanding modern DAC chips to choose from yet the same chip implemented by different designers can result in vastly different sounding DACs. Some outstanding, some crap. As you mentioned, the analog output stage has a huge influence on the overall sound, arguably more so than the DAC chip itself.
And one inmate's suggestion of simply removing coupling caps to improve sound is a dangerous one. This is the same guy who blew up his Tektronix oscilloscope by probing around where he didn't belong. If it were that stupid simple the designer would have removed the coupling caps and their associated cost to begin with. Coupling caps are there for a reason.
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You are expert in fabrication. Troll.
Now Abe, you know very well that's not what he meant.
I'm afraid all this talk of R2R vs. DSD dac chips and methodology has gotten me to the edge of pulling the trigger on the Yggdrasil. What tipped me today was finding this review by Craig Uthus of Eddie Current, formally of Moth Audio.
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