Phantom Gold DAC

[Hifi_swlon]

They should have just cut the crap and put something like an ESS Sabre in it. DSD Is really out of the question as the DSP has to be done in a PCM domain, DSP can't be done on bitstream


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I am glad they did not put an ESS chip in there. While the ESS Sabre DAC is very popular, I do not think it is the best. If the 1792 where to be replaced I think Devialet should look at using R2R for even better sound. As you say, it is all PCM processing anyway.

I wouldn't know where to start designing a DAC, but the little I know from reading what DAC designers have said makes me think it's less about the chip, and more about how well they know the chip they're using and how to extract the best from it. Although obviously as technology changes and improves, and feature sets are added, a jump has to be made at some point.