Not true. I emailed them this question 6 days ago and this was their reply:
Have you asked them which chip they use for each ?
There's this confusion that a lot of people make where they interchange the DAC signification from the Chip vs the circuit Path.
If separate DAC is meant as a circuit path , then all audio interface use different DAC for their Monitor Output and their Headphone output cause if not, you'd be hearing your monitors and your headphones at the same time on the same circuit path. If you look at one of their former product, one review even mention a Dual DAC per channel (Topaz Premium) (So four DAC if you think of it as solely the Digital to Analog Converter which is the chip itself). That's where the red flag should be evident. Your Digital signal can't converte multiple time for a single channel or you'd have to mix it in the analog domain. It would look like this :
LEFT Channel:
Digital to Analog conversion 1 to Analog path
Analog mixing to Analog output Left .
Digital to analog conversion 2 to Analog path
Analog device.
Right Channel:
Digital to Analog conversion 1 to Analog path
Analog mixing to Analog output Right.
Digital to analog conversion 2 to Analog path
I know you know about the basic of audio engineering and what happen when you multiply the same signal by itself so the dual DAC in a single channel doesnt make sense.
The only dual DAC (One for each channel) I know from Antelope is their Mastering Grade product called Pure2. It literally has 2 chip that process the left and right chanel seperatly which help its spec.
I would definitely take the time to double check with them which DAC chip they have for each output and if they use seperate DAC chip for each channel or each output seperatly.. That would definitely get rid of the DAC use case confusion. Especially because they are so proud of having a dual DAC for their highest grade converter (Which they should) which would actually completely defeat the purpose of investing in their higher grade product.
So yeah, a good 3000$ worth of investigation right there so everyone can jump on the Discrete and get rid of their Pure2.