Digital Drive: RE: The Infamous ESS/SABRE Glare? by Joe Appierto Upsamplers, DACs, jitter, shakes and analogue withdrawals, this is it.

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Posted by Joe Appierto (A ) on March 9, 2024 at 06:45:19

In Reply to: The Infamous ESS/SABRE Glare? posted by Gerry E. on March 9, 2024 at 05:37:41:

I've owned ESS SABRE-based disc players for 13 years: first the Oppo 95 and now the 105D. While I do find the players to have "transparency, dynamics and bass response" I haven't been bothered by the reported glare. I've also had the FPGA-based PS Audio DirectStream DAC for nine years. Both sound decidedly different.

The PSA DAC has sometimes been reported to be a little polite sounding more so with the earlier operating systems but not really with the Sunlight OS. The two DACs do not sound the same for sure but I've enjoyed both.

Personal preferences, the entire playback chain, and room acoustics obviously all factor into the listener's judgment. I feel your comments were made in good faith and could indeed be why the OP felt how he did.
This is all just my 2¢ but I try to avoid making general statements because of these varying factors.

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