Arcam CD player history

I believe the Alpha 9 used the ring dac and I know for sure the FMJ 23 uses it.

Pardales,

Shoe is right. The DCS "FIFO" DAC and "Ring" DAC are the same. It was also used in at least 1 of the DIVA players. Hopefully these links will work.

http://www.arcam.co.uk/alpha/index.html

http://www.arcam.co.uk/archive/index.html

Jim S.

Very helpful links. Thank you,

I believe the Arcam cd players that used the excellent dcs ring DAC were the Alpha 9, the Diva CD92, and the FMJ 23. The CD93, I believe, uses the Wolfson DAC which, many believe, does not sound as good as the ring dac machines.

Each player as I've listed them increase in cost, with the FMJ 23 being the most expensive of the three. I had previously owned the Diva CD92, and it's an excellent player. I would add a high quality cd mat such as the one made by 'de mat' (if you can find it..it's exceptional) or one of the many cd mats available from Music Direct. The difference in sound quality with the mat is night and day!

The above models are the one's I'd be looking for primarily because of the DAC converter.

calgarian

Also there is the models with text cd92t and 23t,total of 5 models with the ring dac