A reply while testing a recently new Schiit Bifrost 2/64 DAC (NOS mode) instead of the former R2R Ladder TDA1541 16-bit NOS Tube DAC. Streaming 24-bit/48khz right now and sometimes it sounds more engaging and less fatiguing than 24-bit/192khz. DAC is less than a year old and set to non-over-sampling mode. I don’t listen to the MegaBurritoCombo oversampling filter mode, mostly using NOS mode. For some reason I’ve never been a fan of the sound that comes from oversampling on most streamed tracks but maybe that’s just me. It’s possible I have over sensitive hearing as I cannot stand any kind of etch, grain, or gain in certain midrange and high frequencies which can result from oversampling. Over course this can vary some from dac to dac.
