I've had quite a few Dacs over the years, as many people probably had too.
I've heard different implementations of the Sabre chip, from mellow with the Wadia Dac to slightly on the hard side. I've heard a few Dacs with AD chips, they tend to sound very lively and very good extension almost on the wild side. BB also makes some nice evenly toned Dac chips and of course the TDA1543 Dac chips used in many NOS Dacs....love um. WM Dac chips seem to have a real fullness and lushness about them. But my favorite is the PCM1704UK. Rank: PCM1704 TDA1543 - I'd almost rank this #1 due to its character alone but the PCM1704 beats it. Sabre WM AD others ------------------------------------------------------------------------ edwardthern's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66099 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106575 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
