ninjikiran
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my vote would be putting the sabre line on hold till the chip doesn't have any issues as stated in this thread. Especially when you pay that much money for it.
my vote would be putting the sabre line on hold till the chip doesn't have any issues as stated in this thread. Especially when you pay that much money for it.
Quote:my vote would be putting the sabre line on hold till the chip doesn't have any issues as stated in this thread. Especially when you pay that much money for it.
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But more than that, I vote to stop flip flopping, I have seen so much waffling since Bret Farve talked about retiring.
Me thinks Kingwa is listening to the public a little too much and not his own gut feeling about what he feels to be best for a design.
Listening to the public is nice but every sword has two edges, the public can be fickle and really have no stake in the success of the company.
Quote:my vote would be putting the sabre line on hold till the chip doesn't have any issues as stated in this thread. Especially when you pay that much money for it.
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But more than that, I vote to stop flip flopping, I have seen so much waffling since Bret Farve talked about retiring.
Me thinks Kingwa is listening to the public a little too much and not his own gut feeling about what he feels to be best for a design.
Listening to the public is nice but every sword has two edges, the public can be fickle and really have no stake in the success of the company.
AKM makes very good DAC chips. The new top of the line K-01 Esoteric uses 16 AK4399 chips, 8 per channel. They are 32-bit. It might be something for Kingwa to consider as a viable replacement.
Offtopic:
Is 680 € (Audiotubesis) norm price for Eastern Electric Minimax Tube Dac in Europe (shipping included) or I better prefer the NFB-1ES ?
It will be a different sound signature compared to the more relaxed Wolfson chips used in the DacMagic, but technically far superior (better specs etc). If you want something closer to the DacMagic, the high end versions of the same Wolfson chip are used in the Audio-gd Wolfson lineup. Either one would be a significant upgrade in my opinion.