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Accuphase dac 60

 

New guy posting here, lurking for awhile. I have a new Accuphase e380 integrated and love it. Thinking of getting the dac 60 card that goes with it. Thoughts, opinions please. Right now I have a ps audio digital link iii dac that is still going strong. What can I expect from a new modern dac?

 

not sure if this is the correct place to post this. TIA…

duketbrd88
duketbrd88 OP
159 posts
 

Took me a full day trying to replace cables that should have taken 20 minutes max. All because I was using my non dominant hand and the pain of my shoulder. Yes, I had extra brand new exact same cables.

rhg3
178 posts
 

Thanks very much for the update!

susurin
3 posts
 

Accuphase used AKM chips in the DAC 50, then the chip factory burned down and they ran out of chips.  They were forced to switch to other chips and chose ESS chips and by force of chance introduced the new DAC 60 card. In my opinion, AKM is sonically superior to ESS.

duketbrd88 OP
159 posts
 

@susurin 

from like the only YouTube video where a guy demoed both, you could tell the dac 50 was on the warmer side and the dac 60 was brighter.

not much out there on these dac’s.

 

duketbrd88 OP
159 posts
 

@rhg3 

sure, glad it’s fixed.

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