Ess Sabre Dacs

To my knowledge, Sabre's are in the Mcintosh 500, The Wyred4Sound Dac, and the Eastern Electric, and the Wavelength Denominator. I've heard the Mc500 and it's very good. I do need toslink.
Can anyone comment on the others?

wpines09-04-2010 7:19pm

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ballan Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 184 posts 09-04-2010 at 08:48pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The DAC's chip is not the only determining factor of sound quality. Most of a DAC's quality and character comes from the analog stage.
travis Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 239 posts 09-04-2010 at 10:38pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Perhaps the Mac is the 9008 DAC while my Peachtree Audio Nova is the 9006 DAC. Sounds right good.
wpines OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 93 posts 09-04-2010 at 11:14pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Ballan, ok then, #$%^ the dac, comment on the analog stages
ballan Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 184 posts 09-04-2010 at 11:19pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @Wpines: The Wavelength DACs sound great.

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