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RE: Well, I haven't heard any problems with my Mytek, McIntosh, Korg or Lampizator DSD Dacs.

I agree. Don't let these guys BS you. It's cool these days to bad-mouth the ESS dac chips. I think that mainly is due to their use in the very popular and numerous Oppo products. These players, which try to do everything at a price, are pretty poor performers when it comes to simple music reproduction though they have been given pretty high praise in the audio press. I think too many think the chip is the beginning and end of great sound. Power supplies, sophisticated clocking schemes, analog stages and passive parts count for more IMO.

And yes, I would not pay multi-kilobucks for a DAC that doesn't do DSD. I'm having too much fun with ripped SACD and other DSD files to be without. They're special.

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  • RE: Well, I haven't heard any problems with my Mytek, McIntosh, Korg or Lampizator DSD Dacs. - Mel 10/23/1719:38:39 10/23/17 (1)
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