1x Oversampling

Does anyone here use a player or dac that uses a "no digital filter" or "zero over/upsampling" design, like the Audio Note or 47 labs? How would you describe the sound? What do you like or dislike about them?

tutordennis12-18-2003 6:48pm

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budrew Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 467 posts 12-18-2003 at 10:56pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Dmitrydr has a point. It's not solely the zero sampling that makes the AN DACs and others sing. It also must be the use of vacuum tubes and transformers plus overall system design. I've heard it said that the transformer-based AN DACs are uniformally better than the non-transformer-based models. In fact, the non-transformer-based 3.1x got the boot when the 2.1x balanced was released since it was clearly better for less money.
budrew Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 467 posts 12-18-2003 at 07:53pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The sound is open, 3-dimensional, dynamic, natural, smooth, engaging. I have an AN 2.1x balanced DAC (also a Wavelength Audio Cosine DAC in my headphone system, uses the same concept). Best digital I've ever heard. Nothing I don't like except perhaps that there are two boxes.

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