Thiel Owners

How much more for the better dac chip, 20 bucks at their cost a hundred  bucks at retail? Time for the next model at a higher price that they could already be selling today. Tom

tomthiel

Thank You for the Bill Thalmann update. Good to read that part of your SCD-1 has been resuscitated. 

Keep me posted on your upgrade(s) to Classe' gear as well.
Safe travels.

Happy Listening!

With respect to DACs:  my advice is to not get hung up on the chip set.  In my opinion, much more important than the particular chip that has been utilized is its implementation, the op amps employed, etc ... Two different manufacturers DACs using the same chip set can very easily present with very different personalities. It's not all about the chip. Just my 2 cents. 

much of DAC sound are the filters employed, especially with a time and phase correct speaker…as is the domain of the thread….

Ditto for negative feedback, etc…

I digress..

I am remembering that BM uses 4 chips per channel - from their website:
"Four balanced 32-bit D/A converters are summed together to create each balanced analog output. This 4:1 summation provides a 6 dB noise reduction, and gives the DAC3 industry-leading performance."
Let's see what Bill says.