Choosing a DAC with a AK4396 chip, excellent as it is, is not going to get performance like Transporter's. The converter chip is just one of many elements that determine the performance of a DAC. The power supplies, op amps, passives, board layout, clock circuits, and emi control are all critical factors. Transporter's low noise levels actually beat AKM's reference board by a wide margin, and other commercial AK4395 and AK4396 implementations that I've seen appear to be signficantly cost reduced even from there. So it's a bad idea to use just the converter chip as the deciding factor in choosing any DAC.
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