[divefroggy]

Found this article. For those who are interested.
 
 
 
http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/ess-es9038pro-es-9311-ces-2016/

 

[Matias]

Very interested in the new generation of high-end DACs that will use this converter.
http://www.esstech.com/index.php/en/products/sabre-digital-analog-converters/sabre-pro-dacs/es9038pro/
 
And maybe the new ES9311 regulator too.
http://www.esstech.com/index.php/en/products/low-noise-low-dropout-regulator/

 

[Whitigir]

We want to see this in a DAP ASAP

 

[jsiegel14072]

  Found this article. For those who are interested.
 
 
 
http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/ess-es9038pro-es-9311-ces-2016/

We can start a pool, who will announce first, who will ship first, who will have the best sounding product!

 

[divefroggy]

 

  Found this article. For those who are interested.
 
 
 
http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/ess-es9038pro-es-9311-ces-2016/

We can start a pool, who will announce first, who will ship first, who will have the best sounding product!

Do we really need that? It's just sharing the latest news, that's all.. 

 

[zilch0md]

See:   http://www.theabsolutesound.com/buyers_guides/35/download/pdf/
 
Then search for this string:  Oppo Sonica DAC

 

[Whitigir]

See:   http://www.theabsolutesound.com/buyers_guides/35/download/pdf/

Then search for this string:  Oppo Sonica DAC

Thanks! That is awesome, but I need more info

 

[zilch0md]

I hear you.  Somebody will start a "speculation" thread and then an impressions thread once it starts shipping.  Until then...

 

[Emerald Core]

Just in case somebody missed it. Ayre is adopting the new pro dac.
 
 
http://www.audioxpress.com/article/ayre-acoustics-adopts-ess-sabre-es9038pro-dac-on-new-qx-5-twenty-digital-hub

 

[zilch0md]

  Just in case somebody missed it. Ayre is adopting the new pro dac.
 
 
http://www.audioxpress.com/article/ayre-acoustics-adopts-ess-sabre-es9038pro-dac-on-new-qx-5-twenty-digital-hub

 
Interesting.  Thanks!
 
http://www.ayre.com/qx5_specs.htm

 

[zilch0md]

I can't tell for sure, but in addition to the forthcoming Sonica DAC, Oppo's UDP-203 Blu-Ray player might have the new ESS9038PRO:
 

 

[Whitigir]

I can't tell for sure, but in addition to the forthcoming Sonica DAC, Oppo's UDP-203 Blu-Ray player might have the new ESS9038PRO:

For $499, this Oppo Bluray player is looking too good. Kudos to Oppo for bringing about true quality and still sticking the ground of affordable

 

[drabbish]

doesn't have a dedicated 2 channel out, need to wait for udp-205 for that

 

[Matias]

Mytek Manhattan 2 will have it.
http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/mytek-introduces-manhattan-ii-dac-with-enhanced-circuitry-parts-performance/

 

[Matias]

Benchmark Media Systems' DAC3 With ES9028PRO 32-bit Audio DAC
Benchmark Media Systems' DAC3 With ES9028PRO 32-bit Audio DACBenchmark Media Systems' new DAC3 takes advantage of the all-new ES9028PRO 32-bit audio D/A converter. It has been a little over seven years since ESS Technology introduced the revolutionary ES9018 audio D/A converter chip. This converter delivered a major improvement in audio conversion and as you may recall Enjoy the Music.com announced the new ESS Technology ES9028PRO within our Industry News page a while back. For several months, Benchmark Media Systems has been working with some early samples of the new ES9028PRO converter chip and have conducted numerous measurements and listening tests and came away very impressed! Benchmark Media System's new DAC3 HGC is a high-performance version of the popular DAC2 HGC. The DAC3 L is a high-performance version of the DAC2 L for users who don't need a headphone amplifier. The Benchmark DAC3 is one of the first products worldwide to take advantage of the new ES9028PRO converter chip. The ES9028PRO has an improved selection of filters and overall better performance over the previous chip. New filtering exceeds the pass-band performance of the best filter available in the older ES9018. It is important to note that the DAC2 and DAC3 converters frequency-shift the selected built-in filter by driving the converter chip at a fixed 211 kHz sample rate. This frequency shifting places the near-Nyquist region entirely above the audio band. The Benchmark upsampling system completely eliminates the time-domain errors that would have been produced by the built-in filter. The ES9028PRO has an improved digital phase locked loop that allows it to lock more quickly than the ES9018. How fast you ask, how does a high precision lock in less than 6 milliseconds sound to you? This has allowed for Benchmark Media Systems' new UltraLock3 system. Benchmark's UltraLock system has near-perfect jitter attenuation and exceed the performance of the phase locked loop that is located inside the ESS converter chips. Ultra-fast phase-accurate settling of the new UltraLock3 system allows seamless switching between digital inputs. The DAC3 input selector is suitable for conducting A/B comparisons between two digital inputs. Performance and complexity of the support circuitry outside of the ES9028PRO can be configured to match a manufacturer's budget and space constraints. Overall performance will be determined by the manufacturer's budget, goals, and skills. Within the DAC3, Benchmark uses the following techniques to maximize the performance of the ES9028PRO:

1. 4:1 channel summing - improves the SNR by 6 dB
2. External I-V converters - lower noise and lower distortion
3. Precision differential amplifier - removes common-mode distortion
4. Very low noise voltage regulator - Benchmark discrete design reduces noise and distortion
5. UtraLock3 jitter attenuation - virtually perfect jitter rejection
6. 211 kHz Upsampling - eliminates time-domain errors caused by the D/A conversion chip
7. High-headroom DSP - eliminates clipping of intersample peaks
8. Six-layer circuit board with external ground planes - reduces noise and provides RF shielding