Pdn,
Actually the DAC IC in a older CD player or DAC are preferred to newer types - a Burr Brown 1704U-K Grade is unobtainable today - J Grade commands upwards of $100 per IC - why ? They are of the R2R type and produce better sound - which is why R2R DAC’s with discrete surface mount resistors are being made today. In an older CD player the optical laser is of much larger concern.
Agreed that age of a component should be listed - however sometimes as a reseller one does not know.
Good Listening
Peter
Actually the DAC IC in a older CD player or DAC are preferred to newer types - a Burr Brown 1704U-K Grade is unobtainable today - J Grade commands upwards of $100 per IC - why ? They are of the R2R type and produce better sound - which is why R2R DAC’s with discrete surface mount resistors are being made today. In an older CD player the optical laser is of much larger concern.
Agreed that age of a component should be listed - however sometimes as a reseller one does not know.
Good Listening
Peter