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• No. But. - jusbe 14:53:12 03/22/17 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: Does the Lite Audio DAC allow you to use it in NOS mode? posted by Ivan303 on March 22, 2017 at 07:56:46

  No, in that sense, the Audio-gd has an advantage in terms of choice of presentation. The DAC 83 sounds far from amusical, however.

  One thing the Lite Transport does have - which I have found intriguing as the only other company I know of that has experimented with this is Audio Note UK - are an implementation of very small output transformers for some kind of digital signal conditioning. You can see them (at least I think that is them - two small black cubes) near the rear of the pcb, adjacent to the outputs. Commentary has been extremely hard to come by, save in Google 'Chinglish' - " RA audio grade buffer transformer for intact wave shape ". They may just be part of the balanced circuitry, however. Just don't know.

  

  The other thing, aside from I2S, that I liked in the DAC was the use of high quality output devices - the same ones used by Audio Innovations in their Alto amp (itself a homage to a Quad design, if I'm not mistaken). These produce a wonderfully full range sound of deep tonality.

  

  [The encircled part is one which Lite Audio deliberately disguise. I'm guessing it relates to which particular filter they use for their unorthodox filtering arrangement - as discussed on a couple of HK experimental audio sites re the 1704K and upsampling techniques.]

  
  Big J
  
  "... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."
  
  
  
  

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  Edits: 03/22/17

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