Which good discrete R2R multibit DAC & why NOS ?
Just further on the K2 of the Reimyo, I had many moons ago the flagship JVC K2 player, it used the Bur Brown R2R PCM56P dac chips in it. Also today the Zanden Model 5000 MkIV is a K2 player also, it uses the R2R Philips TDA1541 double crowns in it. But I can’t find what the Reimyo uses for dac chips, my guess would be the R2R PCM1704K’s, I don’t think it’s discrete R2R The Zanden didn’t get much love from JA on the Stereophile test bench. For one I can’t believe how much it was rolled off in the bass https://www.stereophile.com/content/zanden-5000-mkivsignature-da-converter-2000-premium-cd-transport-measurements Cheers George |
US-based Mojo Audio makes R2R NOS dacs. Their Mystique V3 has won a few awards. It uses the 20-bit, AD1862 R2R chips. They have dacs from $2500-7500. I thought I had read somewhere that the Reimyo DAP 777 used PCM63's, but now can't find anything on it. I sometimes look for old dacs that have that chip, and I remember the Reimyo being on my mental list. |
Yes Mojo also do good R2R Multibit dacs now. They wrote a great article a few years ago on DSD vs PCM and the d to a conversion to do each. R2R (multibit) vs Delta Sigma (single bit) Here's what they said. When a PCM file is played on a native DSD single-bit converter, the single-bit DAC chip has to convert the PCM to DSD in real-time. This is one of the major reasons people claim DSD sounds better than PCM, when in fact, it is just that the chip in most modern single-bit DACs do a poor job of decoding PCM.https://www.mojo-audio.com/blog/dsd-vs-pcm-myth-vs-truth/ Cheers George |
@veroguy https://www.ebay.com/itm/202167842535 I use this seller's AD1865 DAC and I really like it. I would like to know what the PCM63 DAC sounds like. The link below is for a PCM56P-K DAC that I'm also considering just for the sake of trying something different. https://www.ebay.com/itm/362843900577 |
