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Question About DACs

My CDP runs an internal Burr-Brown 24-bit DAC, and a Crystal Semiconductor CS8420 sample-rate converter chip that upsamples the CD data to 96kHz. It’s an older CDP obviously, but are the newer external multibit DACs, such as the Schiit Gumby and Bitfrost, far superior to what I have now? Or, would any improvement be a slight one? Thanks.

rlb61
joshfilm
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...I also saw from cleeds’ quote that you were about to list terms that are acceptable to use. I’d be curious what makes your list.
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cleeds
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mzkmxcv

I haven’t seen anything saying the reward isn’t real. If not, I’ll put up $10K of my own money under similar parameters.
You obviously haven’t been paying attention. Previous "offers" such as yours have been shown to be fraudulent and have been deleted by the moderators. I’m sure your "offer" will be no exception.
mzkmxcv
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@joshfilm 
 
I was at the Florida Audio Expo last week, heard everything from the Vanatoo One Encrores to the KEF Blade 2’s, whatever Wilson model was there, and the Von Schweiker VR-55’s. And from decently priced amps to >100W Class-A monoblocks. The differences are not exponential.
rlb61 OP
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Not for nothing folks, I had asked initially about old vs new DACs. This thread has gone off course somewhat, and I hope that we can get it back on track. Thanks.
mzkmxcv
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@rlb61 
 
In regards to your inquiry, newer chips are much better. A state of the art DAC from 10yr ago is similar to a $100 DAC from Topping/Schiit/etc. 
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