Lab 12 DAC1 Special Edition

Terry London’s review of this DAC is online now at hometheaterreview.com

https://hometheaterreview.com/lab-12-dac1-special-edition-reviewed/

From Greece..."using the famous NOS Phillips TDA 1543 DAC chips ... it also uses a NOS 6922 vacuum tube in its analog conversion circuit."

Lab 12 page: http://www.lab12.gr/dac1

david_ten09-06-2018 2:57am

roxy54 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 8,011 posts 09-08-2018 at 02:45am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Good question grey9hound.
roxy54 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 8,011 posts 09-08-2018 at 02:46am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I'm betting that the answer is no, because they are handmade, and coming from Greece.
david_ten OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,480 posts 09-08-2018 at 01:25pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @grey9hound @roxy54 I should have a chance to listen to it in a couple of weeks. I'll report back, at that time.
wig Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,270 posts 09-08-2018 at 06:17pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Looks like a very good design and 1541 and 1543 DAC are the best sounding (musicality) chips IMHO; stellar pricing for this level quality... Wig
janehamble Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 123 posts 09-11-2018 at 11:54pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Has anyone got any concrete information about whether or not this DAC has been improved in any meaningful way, since it was launched in 2013? I'm not understanding how this is new. What am I missing here?