CD player - new generation?

Doesn't the Chord DAC offer 64 bits? I had it in my system and thought it was great but not the bomb.

Is that offering 64-bit? I dount honestly. Even the profesional cd-players are using 24-bit at max. As long as I know.

Yes Bigkidz is right the chord is indeed a 64-bit Dac, but there are a lot of 16-bit dacs sound much much more *analog*.

Satyam.

here a link for the chord dac;

http://www.chordelectronics.co.uk/products_detail.asp?id=33

Try the Muse Model 10. Not since I first got into Pass Labs Aleph electronics (and later, X1preamp) have I been so impressed with what a brilliant engineer can achieve. How he does it I don't know, but I am guessing that software propgramming has something to do with it. This is the first, and so far the only, Redbook CD player I have heard (and own) that makes CDs sound like a genius format. I don't think extra bits is the answer. The proof is in trhe listening, in any case. I spent a lot of money on this unit, knowing I would never get it back--Muse does not have the upscale image among audiophiles that some brands do. I bought it anyway, becuase of what it did for music in my room. I have not looked back.

Jeffreyfranz