Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD

Lol. You are correct sir. I stand embarrassed and corrected. :P

What's a letter amongst friends.

I think CMOS chips are what they used to use for digital cameras. Heh

I know that Steve is using the XMOS for his new DAC. Gear, I heard the 7's and they just didn't do it for me. Again, there are plenty of digital products that I do like, but I also can't justify the price of some of them as I see too many new products down the immediate pike that will most likely be as good or better and they may possibly be in the 5-7k range or less. I just feel we are in that cycle with the new digital gear with all the break throughs and new knowledge. that bodes well for all of us going forward though.

Matt - No need for any embarrassment please, that was not my intention at all. Just trying to clarify it for others. Wishing you all the best in your extensive search, you are much more patient than most of us audiophiles!

Matt- would a chart such as this be of value?

Name| Model| Country| Chief Engineer| D/A | Analog|
Aesthetix Pandora/Romulus USA Jim White
APL DSD-S Bulgaria Alex Peychev
Auralic Vega China Xuanqian Wang
Berkeley Alpha Reference USA Michael Ritter
Boulder 1021 USA Jeff Nelson
CH Precision C1 Switzerland
Chord DAVE UK John Franks
dCS "Ring DAC" UK
EMM Labs DAC2x Canada Ed Meitner
Empirical Audio Overdrive SE USA Steve Nugent
Esoteric Grandioso D1 Japan
exaSound e22 Canada
Jeff Rowland Aeris USA
Lampizator GG Poland Lukasz Fikus
MSB DAC V USA Lawrence Gullman
Nagra HD DAC Switzerland
Playback Designs MPS / MPD - 5 USA Andreas Koch
PS Audio DirectStream USA Ted Smith
totaldac d1-twelve France Vincent Brient
Zanden Model 5000 Japan

If so, then maybe a member or two could assist with D/A conversion design, Analog Out, and Power Supply. Just enough high level info to give some perspective.

Regards,
Josh

07-13-15: Bill_k
Matt - with all due respect I think you may be referring to the XMOS USB input receiver chip, which is used in many high end DACs including the Bricasti M1. CMOS stands for a Complementary Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor, a technology for constructing integrated circuits but not related to USB input circuitry.

That is highly amusing. Outing our technical ignorance. We all know just enough to be dangerous. That reality still does not temper our baseline of arrogance and fountain of quick opinions.....