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What is "still an issue" ?

In Reply to: Positive Feedback article on DACs posted by jedrider on April 10, 2021 at 16:56:23:

IMHO the author of that PF article came to some very vague full of crap generalizations then authored far reaching far fetched "theories" to support his flawed conclusions. And the article is 8 years old so I take that into consideration relative to today's DAC technologies. But even back then.....

I've owned a number of CDPs and DACs including some based on ESS, AKM, and at least one with Burr-Brown PCM-1704 DAC chips.

As it turns out my old Accuphase CD player used delta-sigma technology and guess what? It sounded better to me compared to the Cary CDP-306/200 that used 8 R2R Burr-Brown PCM-1704 chips. The Accuphase had all the same wonderful musical virtues as the Cary but with a little better detail and transparency.

I also presently own an AKM based DAC and one with ESS chip. They both sound excellent, right up there with my old Cary and Accuphase CD players that no longer occupy my audio rack.

When I set out to create my "computer audio" system over a decade ago, my goal was to achieve sound quality at least on par with my old Cary or Accuphase players. That goal was achieved several years ago and I don't miss the Burr-Brown R2R PCM-1704 chips in the Cary or the delta-sigma technology in the Accuphase.

As I have mentioned before and believe to this day, it's not as much about the chip of the month as it is how the designer implements and voices the final product - and that has a lot to do with the analog stage, not just the chip.

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Topic - Denafrips Ares II - KanedaK 23:14:24 04/08/21 (13)

RE: Denafrips Ares II - Mick Wolfe 09:22:01 04/09/21 (10)

How are you running it? NOS mode or otherwise? - marc g. 13:42:50 04/09/21 (7)

RE: How are you running it? NOS mode or otherwise? - Mick Wolfe 14:29:00 04/09/21 (6)

RE: How are you running it? NOS mode or otherwise? - KanedaK 21:49:03 04/09/21 (5)

RE: How are you running it? NOS mode or otherwise? - jaydacus 16:05:55 04/10/21 (4)

RE: "I tried an Audio-GD using 4 PCM 1704 chips." Which model... - Ivan303 18:21:15 04/11/21 (0)

Positive Feedback article on DACs - jedrider 16:56:23 04/10/21 (2)

What is "still an issue" ? - AbeCollins 19:55:02 04/13/21 (0)

thanks for the read - Story 06:07:31 04/13/21 (0)

RE: Denafrips Ares II - KanedaK 11:41:33 04/09/21 (1)

RE: Denafrips Ares II - Mick Wolfe 14:42:49 04/09/21 (0)

RE: Denafrips Ares II - Mike K 07:48:21 04/09/21 (1)

RE: Denafrips Ares II - KanedaK 08:55:36 04/09/21 (0)

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