c7030 aint warm sounding.. wolfson is not s musical compared with some systems other than wokfson
xero-D-hero
Super Member
I would'nt own any DAC that wont reproduce all genres of music satisfactorily,be it in a stand-alone DAC or another source like a CDP or such.
Around here are:
TDA1541 (Magnavox CDB-460 & CDB-470 ~ CDP's)
TDA1543 (Magnavox CDB-500 & CDB-502 ~ CDP's)
PCM61P (Onkyo DX-1400 ~ CDP)
PCM63P-J (have 2 Parasound D/AC-1000 ~ DAC)
PCM1701P (Kenwood DP-5020 ~ CDP)
PCM1780 (Yamaha CD-S300RK ~ CDP)
AK4396 (Schiit Optimodi ~ DAC)
Oh and a couple of FiiO D03K (??? DAC) just for use with TV's and such...
All those sound great with everything I've ever played thru them.
FWIW
Bret P.
Around here are:
TDA1541 (Magnavox CDB-460 & CDB-470 ~ CDP's)
TDA1543 (Magnavox CDB-500 & CDB-502 ~ CDP's)
PCM61P (Onkyo DX-1400 ~ CDP)
PCM63P-J (have 2 Parasound D/AC-1000 ~ DAC)
PCM1701P (Kenwood DP-5020 ~ CDP)
PCM1780 (Yamaha CD-S300RK ~ CDP)
AK4396 (Schiit Optimodi ~ DAC)
Oh and a couple of FiiO D03K (??? DAC) just for use with TV's and such...
All those sound great with everything I've ever played thru them.
FWIW
Bret P.
SoNic67
Well-Known Member
^ Above, the first 5 DAC's are parallel, multi-bit type (in my experience they have the possibility to sound the best with CD-sourced material). Although the 1543 is a cheaper version of 1451, it still sounds OK (not great). The PCM63 is the absolute best there.
The PCM1780 is a multilevel delta-sigma that has, for that generation, the top three bits (MSB) as multilevel so it sounds a little better than pure delta-sigma - newer TI DAC models are using up to 5 bits for the same reason.
The PCM1780 is a multilevel delta-sigma that has, for that generation, the top three bits (MSB) as multilevel so it sounds a little better than pure delta-sigma - newer TI DAC models are using up to 5 bits for the same reason.
xero-D-hero
Super Member
Oh yeah,forgot to mention the DAC in the SB Zx soundcard in my desktop 'puter.
IIRC that is a CS4398.
Analog out on that card sounds very MEH,,,but that could easily be the fault of the opamps vs. the DAC,,,honestly I dunno...
Those are: JRC 4556A (line out) and JRC 2114 (headphones),I strongly suspect that's an area that could be improved upon.
Should be easy enough as I recall the SB/Zx literature as saying they're swappable,I just need to decide which opamps would be worth trying in their place.
Instead I just side-stepped that whole situation & use the optical out from the Zx and split that with a Monoprice powered 1in/2out splitter
1 leg goes to one of those Parasound D/AC-1000 for my computer desk's headphone/nearfield system.
The other leg goes to the Schiit Optimodi that feeds my main BR system.
Very happy with both those DAC's,so much so that I bought a second D/AC-1000 for my big Adcom rack enclosure system.
And if I needed to I'd definitely be willing to buy another Schiit for one of my other systems so long as the price were right.
Are there better DAC's out there,almost certainly yes,but these got my needs covered pretty well for now.
FWIW
Bret P.
IIRC that is a CS4398.
Analog out on that card sounds very MEH,,,but that could easily be the fault of the opamps vs. the DAC,,,honestly I dunno...
Those are: JRC 4556A (line out) and JRC 2114 (headphones),I strongly suspect that's an area that could be improved upon.
Should be easy enough as I recall the SB/Zx literature as saying they're swappable,I just need to decide which opamps would be worth trying in their place.
Instead I just side-stepped that whole situation & use the optical out from the Zx and split that with a Monoprice powered 1in/2out splitter
1 leg goes to one of those Parasound D/AC-1000 for my computer desk's headphone/nearfield system.
The other leg goes to the Schiit Optimodi that feeds my main BR system.
Very happy with both those DAC's,so much so that I bought a second D/AC-1000 for my big Adcom rack enclosure system.
And if I needed to I'd definitely be willing to buy another Schiit for one of my other systems so long as the price were right.
Are there better DAC's out there,almost certainly yes,but these got my needs covered pretty well for now.
FWIW
Bret P.
sfseay
Active Member
The industry standard DACs cost in excess of $25K. I like my Auralic Vega DAC. It sells for around $2.5K now new. Less if used. You will still need a digital source like the Auralic Aires for another 1K. There are many other brands to listen too, but once you spend over $2K for a DAC the differences for anything at a higher price are not that great.
ferninando
Lunatic Member
Forgiv my ignoraance, but what means "MEH"?
sfseay
Active Member
As taken from the Urban Dictionary - Meh means: Indifference; to be used when one simply does not care.
ferninando
Lunatic Member
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audiotemp
Super Member
Meh is not just a word, it's an encyclopedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meh
ferninando
Lunatic Member
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