Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD

Thanks Shadorne, but George will now come back and tell you that you are incorrect. Honestly he lost me again when he said something about Schitt beimg an expensive discrete.....::::  they aren’t in this conversation if too DAC for anything. Nice in their price range but many of us like others in the just over 2k. That’s another topic though.  

He forgets about implementation being much more important since the new ESS chips are so good. Both can sound great. 

None of of us have ever said the old tech can’t sound good when it’s done right. Great designers stay open minded.  Look at Steve and others who can and will use any tech if they feel it can be done right. Others who aren’t open minded can’t be taken seriously. That’s the reality. 

especially the hybrid designs that have 6 bits in depth.

That's right, the last great full 24bit R2R chip was the PCM1704 and is unobtainable now because of massive manufacturing costs, having to laser trim those resistors. 

The competition to them is now coming from these newer hybrid dacs with 6 or so bits, a lot of the top end guys are using them, maybe one day they'll be able to make full 24bit again like the PCM1704 as cheap as the the DS from ESS and others, and we'll get back to proper conversion of PCM again, instead of a facsimile of it with DS.

Cheers George      

Look at Steve and others who can and will use any tech if they feel it can be done right.

He can't go 24bit multibit converters as there are none made for him to buy, so he has to go DS or get the newer hybrids as shadorne bought up.

He uses Analog Devices Delta Sigma chips and one of his quote was
"we can select the digital filter with this chip, we can essentially make this Delta-Sigma sound a lot like a NOS R2R DAC"
"Because we can select the digital filter with this chip, we can essentially make this Delta-Sigma sound a lot like a NOS R2R DAC, but also supporting hi-res files"



Cheers George

Thanks for the info George. I'll still let my ears make the choice for me like most do.  Both can sound great and that's all that matters.  There is no one is better than the other right now.  Good DAC's on both sides of the isle as has been pointed out by Matt and many others of us who have or still do own both types.  

Honestly he lost me again when he said something about Schitt beimg an expensive discrete.....::::

BTW ct, Have to correct you here as well, I didn’t say that read again.
  
Expensive was in reference to "discrete" R2R dacs
  
And "chip" versions which if you know are cheaper, which Schiit Yaggy uses, and the best bang for buck you can get, for converting PCM Redbook.

Cheers George