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post #1 of 4
6/11/11 at 12:51pm
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I found out that  CA DacMagic and Rega Saturn use the same chip(Wolfson Dual Differential 8740 Dac ) .Is is not weird that an high end cd player and a budget Dac use the same chip?Anyone could me explain this?

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post #2 of 4
6/11/11 at 2:02pm

DAC Magic uses 2, one for each channel, imho...

 

The Fiio E7 uses the same 8740 chip. However I guess that the chip itself is only half the story...

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post #3 of 4
6/12/11 at 3:04am
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Originally Posted by nbaptista View Post

I found out that  CA DacMagic and Rega Saturn use the same chip(Wolfson Dual Differential 8740 Dac ) .Is is not weird that an high end cd player and a budget Dac use the same chip?Anyone could me explain this?



It's not weird. The most important thing it's the implemention of the chip.

Another example: cd player Pioneer pd-d6-j (500 usd) use the same chip Burr Brown 1738 like Ayre CX-7 EMP (3800 Euro).


Edited by Adu - 6/12/11 at 8:13am
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post #4 of 4
6/12/11 at 4:26am

Although the E7 uses the chip well, Only reason i can think the E7 is so well priced is the base company is in china so their's no expensive overheads like in other countrys not to mention they build them in china must have much less overheads and export costs, Needless to say it's quite amazing for £50 LoL.

 

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Originally Posted by Koolpep View Post

DAC Magic uses 2, one for each channel, imho...

 

The Fiio E7 uses the same 8740 chip. However I guess that the chip itself is only half the story...



 

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