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AKM dacs - which products use them ?

I have been pleasently surprised with the sound of my low-cost soundcard EMU 0404 and Behringer DEQ2496 digital EQ/AD/DA. They have a warm and natural sound to them.
I have noticed they both use AKM dacs which if I recall is the tool of choice for APL's Alex Peychev super modded Esoteric players which are supposed to be the "best digital sources on the planet".

I am trying to compile a list of audiophile dacs or cd/dvd players that use them hoping to find an upper scale product which would do the full justice to those dac chips in a full blown implementation.
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lkdog
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AKM makes a lot of DACs for consumer and Pro Audio use. No big discovery by Behringer or anyone else you mentioned.
I have seen them implemented in 90$ soundcards and $30,000 SOTA rigs.
There is a lot that goes into great digital in addition to the converters.
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