One DAC/integrated you could be happy with forever?

@erik_squires   

Yes. If you don’t upsample then you should also be ok. 

@erik_squires

I have only seen Lyngdorf, Roon, Benchmark and Stereophile’s Jim Austin mention the inter-sample over problem. For such a serious problem affecting nearly all pop/rock it doesn’t seem over hyped. Obviously most manufacturers would rather not admit they have a problem. It is not easy to correct unless you add additional digital processing in front of and separate from the DAC chip.

@erik_squires 

Roon has a -3dB volume adjustment that is specifically intended to fix this problem. So if you use the right software then even a DAC that would normally clip can be made to work properly,

@d2girls

here is an explanation

https://benchmarkmedia.com/blogs/application_notes/intersample-overs-in-cd-recordings

“Every D/A chip and SRC chip that we have tested here at Benchmark has an intersample clipping problem! To the best of our knowledge, no chip manufacturer has adequately addressed this problem. For this reason, virtually every audio device on the market has an intersample overload problem. This problem is most noticeable when playing 44.1 kHz sample rates.”

No wonder upsampling of files sounds better to most people. It isn’t anything to do with higher resolution just less clipping!

The Lyngdorf 2170 corrects for intersample overs that are common with almost all pop/rock digital music. Very few DACs address this ubiquitous problem.