AKM dacs - which products use them ?


I have been pleasently surprised with the sound of my low-cost soundcard EMU 0404 and Behringer DEQ2496 digital EQ/AD/DA. They have a warm and natural sound to them.
I have noticed they both use AKM dacs which if I recall is the tool of choice for APL's Alex Peychev super modded Esoteric players which are supposed to be the "best digital sources on the planet".

I am trying to compile a list of audiophile dacs or cd/dvd players that use them hoping to find an upper scale product which would do the full justice to those dac chips in a full blown implementation.
spraglow

Showing 1 response by rkulavik4f86

Thank you for taking an interest in AKM's converters. while I would like to give you a list of all the manufactures that use our parts we are obligate to keep it quite as many manufactures don't like us to annouce our customer list.

The AK4396 is used in a several shipping products currently. But, I am sorry to say you will have to ask the manufactures which ones they are using.

AKM today is the largest manufacture of audio converters in the world and continues to grow. We take special care to make the parts not only perform well but also sound the best. If you look at many of the awards, "Best sound at Shows" and other for AES, and NAMM and others you will AKM powered those device.

Regards,
Richard Kulavik
AKM Semiconductor