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DAC with ESS Sabre chip, volume, XLR+RCA simult.

Are there any DACs out there which use dual mono ESS Sabre chips, have a volume control (digital) and are able to drive XLR and RCA outputs used simultaneously?

I have a setup with 3 amps per channel - two of which are used for subs.So I need two outputs simultaneously.
audiobb
dgarretson
2,594 posts
 
The Twisted Pear Buffalo IIISE does all of that, but you need to assemble the DIY kit and add a chassis.
sarcher30
596 posts
 
Exasound e20 or e28. If you use the e28 you will have
separate volume control for each output. The volume control
on these is neither resistor based nor digital based. The
software based volume control tells the dac chip how much
voltage to output. It has an 80 db range with .5 db steps.
This is the most ideal volume control for a dac IMO. Works
great straight into most amps.
timlub
2,039 posts
 
This does everything that you are looking for, I have owned the WM8741 Version of this dac and it has always been very nice sounding.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ES9018-XMOS-Asynchronous-32bit-192K-384kUSB-DAC-with-XLR-Balanced-Output-DSD-/331068879445
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