how good are the non os dacs?

hi dj:

i don't think much of it in its present state. it needs all silver wire and rcas removed. at that point i will have a better idea whether it is a good dac.

i assume that the term "non os dac" means 16/44.1 khz .

there are differneces in sound between 16 bit non upsampling dacs. some use op amps, some do not. some have tube output stages, some do not. the caps used in the signal path may very.

thus there is no generic sound to these dacs. i own three of them and each sound differs from the other.

there is no point in generalizing. just as there is no value to make general statements about other components.

by the way i have not heard any lush or euphonic digital components in current manufacture. if anyone is aware of a very tube-like sounding digital product, in the classical sense, please let me know. i'll buy it myself.

hi djwilbourn:

i own the promitheus dac and two others. it has a lot of resolution and does not possess the characterostics that others have observed regarding os dacs.

the other two dacs, the paradisea and the exemplar little dac are also very detailed. i find the paradisea dac to be the "sharpest" sounding of the three.

i compared the dac in my vincent cd player to the three dacs. the differences are not that great. of course, the digital interconnect is key as well as the analog interconnects.

i reiterate that it is counter productive to make general statements about non os dacs. there are differences between them.

i also have not found any lush, rich or euphonic digital components which are in current production.