Airist Audio discrete R-2R DAC, at an unbelievable $350!!!!!

As far as I know, DSD started as PCM, maybe it's just coming home.

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What makes this better than, say a Schiit Modi Mutibit?

No one said it did, but the Schit having a non audio based chip R2R converter that can't do dsd, and this having a discrete R2R converter, my money would go on the Airist. Time will tell when the reviews start coming out on how good it is, but these initial reviews 3 pages are very glowing.
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/massdrop-x-airist-audio-r-2r-dac-a-discrete-resistor-ladder-dac-for-...


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What " OL DAC" have you got make/model? some R2R old ones are very good still.

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The Massdrop on these, went ahead a few hours ago, interesting that 121 units have sold already!

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Hi mstrauss, sorry when you said ol dac I thought you meant an old R2R dac.
From what I found out the Ol Dac is not R2R multibit as it does 192 upsampling, so it’s most probably delta sigma.
To me R2R has it over delta sigma when converting redbook pcm. And for dsd what I found the Ol Dac can’t do it either.

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140 now!!! they'll sell out the 960 units by days end.

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