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And pretty much all of ibasso Dac and amps use the WM8740.
D4, D10, D12, D6, P4, DB1
D4, D10, D12, D6, P4, DB1
Quote:Indeed... The Wolfson naming system makes very little sense. The WM8742 is a mid-range chip, somewhere between the WM8740 and WM8741. Their highest performing and most expensive chip is the WM8741.
So is it possible to rank the wolfson chips in term of performance or is it not possible? If so, will it be something like this:
Wm8741
Wm8740
Wm8742
Wm....
Wm....
Quote:Quote:Indeed... The Wolfson naming system makes very little sense. The WM8742 is a mid-range chip, somewhere between the WM8740 and WM8741. Their highest performing and most expensive chip is the WM8741.
So is it possible to rank the wolfson chips in term of performance or is it not possible? If so, will it be something like this:
Wm8741
Wm8740
Wm8742
Wm....
Wm....
Sure! All the specs are on the Wolfson site. One can even download the full sheets, not just a marketing advertisement like on ESS Sabre32 (they require an NDA to get the real sheet!)
1. WM8741 (128 SNR)
2. WM8742 (126 SNR)
3. WN8740 (120 SNR)
4. WM8716 (112 SNR)
The (3) is by far the most popular, as it´s pretty cheap. It´s used in mostly entry level audiophile gear like DacMagic and Cambridge Audio products. The high end flagship (1) is only found in more expensive products usually. All of the chips can be run in a dual mono configuration, so the highest Wolfson solution right now is a dual WM8741. That can be found in Audio-gd NFB-1, 12 and 8, and for example PS Audio PerfectWave DAC +´Meier Audio StageDAC. The NFB-12 is by far the cheapest dual WM8741 product on the market right now.
Why does there seem to be two different camps, Sabre vs Wolfson? Why do some perfer one over the other? I am actually waiting on a NFB-2 and still hoping i made the right decision. Thanks...
It's interesting that you guys would pick a DAC purely based on the chip... despite the fact that the analogue output stage and the implementation of the chip has more to do with the overall sound quality at the end of the day...
I own a DAC Magic (dual WM8740), and I'm now moving on to the Rega DAC (dual WM8742) (I have one on order). Would be interesting to see the difference in the sound.