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Zanden DAC

Hi guys, what do you think of the Zanden DAC? I red that this DAC actually uses an NOS Philips 16 bits, 44 kHz non oversampling DAC chip and no brick wall filter at all. The same design criteria are also used by Audionote. A non oversampling design means that the high frequency digital will invade your music signal, so I don't understand why the designers are applying this concept into their DAC's. Despite all this the Zanden DAC seems to sound very musical and even more musical than the best solid state upsampling units (according to some audiophiles). So theoretical limitations are not influencing sound quality here!

Defcon :)
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I am using the Zanden 5000 Mk II DAC. I've used quite a few Digital systems in the past 12 months,i.e. Krell, Wadia, etc. , and this unit is the most musical. If you have a large redbook CD collection, this DAC is at the top of the short list. Still not as good as analog, nevertheless, quite acceptable.

Louis
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