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This "Lite-Audio" design is actually very similar to the Lite DAC-60 and DAC-68 designs combined. I am surprised that they are using such an old DAC chip.

The PCM1704 is better because it does 24-bit A/D. The DAC-60 uses the same DF1704 upsampler and PCM1704U-K DAC chips. The problem is that in order for the DAC-60 to sound world-class, it needs quite a few mods and tubes costing between $300 and $500. I admit that it is a good value though. I base my new USB DAC on the Lite DAC-60 BTW. I thought it was that good. However, it took a lot of mods and very expensive capacitors and tubes to pass-up the modded Benchmark DAC-1 (DC-coupled) in performance. It's in a different league both performance and price-wise.

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