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@devinplombier ,

How did you get that fancy thingy over the ’e’??

@thecarpathian 

On my Pixel I just long-press the letter e and pick a character from the popup. On Windows, you have to use the ancient Character Map utility that comes with the OS.

The Android implementation is just so much quicker and friendlier to use

@devinplombier

Touchè. Hey! Sweet, thank you. I just have to keep my finger pressed down on the ’e’. Thank you for ungauching me. And I don't mean that in a prison way...

Absolutely hilarious. The LTA DAC while probably sounds amazing on PCM files can’t do DSD and has no I2S input. So no spinning SACD’s via the Chinese Video HDMI to I2S adapter. A cheap ass SMSL or Topping DAC has this. And the DAC is obsoleted by Analog Devices . Of course the analog output stage it what makes the sound of a DAC. Not the chip. But at almost $4k. They should be offering offer DSD playback at minimum.

I’ll stick with my 11+ year PS Audi Directstream Sr. that still smokes DAC’s $5k or that are being proliferated on the market today.

https://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/obsolete-data-sheets/AD1865.pdf

@thecarpathian 

You still didn’t get it right. Yours is what is called in French, accent grave (è). What you want is an accent aigue (é). Criticizing is so much easier, isn’t it?