...but S. Ebaen ultimately choose the Yamamoto to replace his then current APL HiFi as his new reference DAC.
While everything is subjective, Srajan still suggested to Shingeki-San to investigate AK4397 because of their refined top-extension, correct?
15 years ago I was playing with the 16 bit PCM-53J mono current-output DACs that were the choice for the D/A conversion in the Sony D1 prfessional digital video recorder ($180,000), then I went through all imaginable DAC chips made by Burr-Brown (including PCM1794), Analog Devices, Cirrus Logic, Wolfson and AKM.
AKM is still my favorite, and their latest AK4399 is the best in my book.
Maybe you would consider auditioning one of my new DAC-S boxes and let us know what you think about it compared to yours?
Regards,
Alex Peychev