The THIRD BATTLE OF GIANTS...........

Felfra ha scritto:Il mio nuovo con l'AD1865 si piazza secondo, davanti al Sabre...

3. The ESS dac is a mixed bag. While I really love its sound - I am angry about poor availability of the product.
I mean - offering a DAC only through a one man company from USA is not the way to be admired, applauded or recommended. Such sales channel limitation leads to monopolistic practices, market degeneration and unrealistic pricing. Lack of competition will kill ANYTHING in the world.
And there we are: the DAC itself, as a chip, is in my opinion the best DAC in the world today. It is a class of its own.
Especially with Behringer upsampler before it.
But I will not recommend you to buy BUFFALO dac which when we tied it in stock form with many too many op-amps - sounded uninspiring and flat. And I can not expect anybody to desolder 80 % of that PCB and rebuild it for Lampizator output. That's unrealistic.
So we can now wait for someone to offer ESS Sabre Reference DAC in a more user friendly package. Chances are - I will be that someone.

Barone Rosso ha scritto:

Felfra ha scritto:Il mio nuovo con l'AD1865 si piazza secondo, davanti al Sabre...

No, è il sabre il migliore di tutti ma lo boccia per il prezzo troppo alto e per i canali e le modalità di vendita:

3. The ESS dac is a mixed bag. While I really love its sound - I am angry about poor availability of the product.
I mean - offering a DAC only through a one man company from USA is not the way to be admired, applauded or recommended. Such sales channel limitation leads to monopolistic practices, market degeneration and unrealistic pricing. Lack of competition will kill ANYTHING in the world.
And there we are: the DAC itself, as a chip, is in my opinion the best DAC in the world today. It is a class of its own.
Especially with Behringer upsampler before it.
But I will not recommend you to buy BUFFALO dac which when we tied it in stock form with many too many op-amps - sounded uninspiring and flat. And I can not expect anybody to desolder 80 % of that PCB and rebuild it for Lampizator output. That's unrealistic.
So we can now wait for someone to offer ESS Sabre Reference DAC in a more user friendly package. Chances are - I will be that someone.