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Headphoneus Supremus
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All this talk here in the source compenents forums about 16 vs 24 bit and also Jittery sound how about talking about something that more audible .
Here are a few quotes:
" Altmann Micro Machines’ progenitor, Charles Altmann, is much more empathic about this issue. In his opinion, there is no music possible with sigma-delta DACs. In his experience R2R chips are the only way to achieve a listenable sound quality. "
" The PCM 1704 is the best sounding DAC chip ever made, sigma deltas don't even come close" - Erno Borbeley.
" The AD1862 is the best engineered DAC chip." - Jocko Homo
I guess my limited experience with sigma delta chips have been bad as well, what I have heard have been harsh. Even the instrumentation industry forced BB to bring back the R2R 1704 because of isses with the 179x series.
1990's DAC's are sky-rocketing in price on ebay, people are catching on.
Here are a few quotes:
" Altmann Micro Machines’ progenitor, Charles Altmann, is much more empathic about this issue. In his opinion, there is no music possible with sigma-delta DACs. In his experience R2R chips are the only way to achieve a listenable sound quality. "
" The PCM 1704 is the best sounding DAC chip ever made, sigma deltas don't even come close" - Erno Borbeley.
" The AD1862 is the best engineered DAC chip." - Jocko Homo
I guess my limited experience with sigma delta chips have been bad as well, what I have heard have been harsh. Even the instrumentation industry forced BB to bring back the R2R 1704 because of isses with the 179x series.
1990's DAC's are sky-rocketing in price on ebay, people are catching on.