Oldfogey wrote:A very subjective what-do-I-know post. I echo the above, and vote for the TDA 1541A Double Crown chip. It works for me.
muypogi wrote:Newer one carry more detail, like my 32 bit Fostex HP-A7 DAC which is a JDM model from what I know. It uses an AKM chip I believe. Very detailed.
However, in my main setup, I prefer the more organic sound on a relatively ancient Musical Fidelity X-DAC, with an 18-bit Burr Brown chip.
Also very organic sounding was my modded DAC-AH (from Ferds) which used TDA chips with raised voltages to accomodate a passive output (non-op-amp) stage. Medyo mabagal lang tumunog and hrolled off yung highs ng konti.
To be honest, I think a lot of how a DAC sounds is also on the how the output stage is implemented. I also had a Rega DAC, which sounded very nice and "analog", despite having the latest chipset. The outstage of that DAC from what I know also did not use op-amps like my modded DAC-AH.
So you may have an analog-sounding chipset, but you also have to consider the output stage in a DAC as well.
If you want an analog-sounding DAC with a lot of inputs, you may want to consider the Rega DAC which is available locally as well. It's non-oversampling as well, and has the inputs and the more modern chipset.
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