Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD

All this “facsimile” and “guessing” is just marketing BS at best and misleading nonsense at worst. There is no guessing. Redbook defines the signal up to 22KHz perfectly and there is no guess when you oversample. In fact the oversample file contains only as much information and all the information as in the original file and no more as it adds nothing to the signal. It also contains the entire data in the Redbook file - nothing has been thrown out at all (as would happen in a facsimile).

The bits are being converted to analog. It is the accuracy of this entire conversion that is important and NOT the specific steps in the methodology. Manufacturers want you to believe that their specific methodology is better by appealing to the old school notion that doing things in a simple archaic fashion without technology is best. If this logic were correct we would still be using an abacus or slide rule.

Shadorne,
I agree with the marketing vocabulary comment as this is coming from proponents of the R2R approach. To be fair this bias marketing hype can be applied to either side on some occasions. 

George regarding Bricasti versus Total DAC I accept you heard what you heard in that system under those particular circumstances. I can state that I heard a direct comparison between the two Dacs in JWM's system and both components were well broken in. Absolare Signature preamplifier,  Krell 600 watt mono blocks  and Rockport Altair speakers. 

In the listening comparison the Bricasti SE  was the better sounding presentation in my opinion. Both were using ethernet connectivity.  My opinion is no more or less valid than yours. We are both just reflecting on our own experiences with 2 highly regarded DACs. 
Charles 

In fact the oversample file contains only as much information and all the information as in the original file and no more as it adds nothing to the signal. It also contains the entire data in the Redbook file - nothing has been thrown out at all (as would happen in a facsimile).

This is yet another statement (on their faqs page) from Schiit:

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"We can’t get over the fact that delta-sigma DACs throw away all the original samples".
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And in this context they are meaning all delta-sigma, irrespective of implementation. 

So am I to be led to believe by those on the forum that the statement is false? And, if there is even an iota of truth in that statement, wouldn't that mean that my understanding - that delta-sigma is "lossy" - is true?

Each to his own, as for what just I heard, no, there were 8 of us.
We all thought the Bricasti was the sweeter and less in your face with poor quality pcm cd's
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But with good to very good cd's the Total was more detailed had better bass, dynamics and had a jump factor that the Bricasti couldn't come close to.
  
And Kramer being a reviewer and has to compare review equipment to what he has, and wanted the best warts and all (even if playing poor cd's) and not to be kind to them.

Cheers George 

Gdhal’s comments just didn’t correlate with my actual listening experiences of many DACs of both type of designs.

Hi @charles1dad 

I would like to point out that the comment to which you refer I made, prior to your post, is with respect to the technology of delta-sigma itself, which would have nothing to do with subjective listening preferences.

Not true. I think you are maybe confusing this with lossy formats.

Hi @audioengr 

I note the occurrence of the word (including stemming) "approximate" appears no less than five (5) times in the following article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta-sigma_modulation