Marantz CD-152 DAC chip??

fanghorn

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read a few threads here about the unit but didn't find anything about what DAC chip is in the unit...the web is no help either....

thanks!
 
It's an old enough model to have either of those, dual 14-bit TDA1540P or single 16-bit TDA1541. Got the same rudimentary LED display from the early dual 14-bit machines but I saw web pics of one with a 1986 mfr date which would likely have been a 16-bit machine by then. Does seem likely it's using one of those two Philips solutions though, and neither is too shabby.

John
 
It appears that many Marantz players from that era used the TDA 1541 or a variation of that chip. The one review of the CD52 I saw said it was strictly an average sounding player.
 
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