oscar_dziki
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Oh, thanks. Maybe consider including it in pictures in the future? Remote is an important part of the product for me and other lazy consumersIt has a remote.
Oh, thanks. Maybe consider including it in pictures in the future? Remote is an important part of the product for me and other lazy consumersIt has a remote.
"Maybe" you would wish it to be personally delivered to you in a silver platter?????Maybe consider including it in pictures in the future? [RE: "no remote" complaint]
I wanted to make a reference to a "silver spoon" but realized neither the unit, or the r/c would fit on a spoon.The first result was spot on.
No, that is a very uncommon feature for any dac to have tbh (I'm not saying there aren't any, just very few). However you can adjust the brightness and also an amount of time in seconds for the screen to turn off after if the controls are idle.does the screen have differrent color options in menu?
I was very clear in the review that a remote came with it. The remote doesn't stand up by itself so hard to take a picture of.A remote control is provided which lets you adjust various options and volume control.
Interesting to see another DAC. Looking at their page, note that it was developed especially with classical music in mind , so be cautios throwing your extreme metal on it
ROHM "MUS-IC" web
"ROHM's first, most advanced MUS-ICTM series DAC chip enables expressive playback of classical music" [powerpoint]"
"How a High-Resolution D/A Converter Can Help Capture the Sound Quality of a Symphony Orchestra" [white paper]
...while the ES9018S is a -120dB THD+N DAC chip that costs less than half the price.The IC ROHM BD34301EKV looks pricy. Mouser lists $80.50 in the 1000 quantity.
Indeed, 121dB of SINAD @4V RMS and even 123dB of SINAD @5V RMS, quite impressive!I wonder why the D300 exists. It's the same price as the SU-9n, which, at least objectively speaking, seems to be significantly better.
...while the ES9018S is a -120dB THD+N DAC chip that costs less than half the price.
However, it's good to see another competitor on the market, although I am expecting from ROHM a new DAC chip with a better price/performance ratio.
Maybe it'll come Cryo-treated!Next Chip is something with 'argon crystal power', i bet
Yeah, it's clearly a bit oldschool if solid. Looking at the harmonic structure with its dominant 4th harmonic, I assume the output stage produces dominant even order (a bit unusual) and they have some sort of H2 cancellation going on.Technically the ESS9038Pro outperform the Rhom Dac.
The ESS is a Multi Dac Arch (8Dacs in it) with endgame current driven output stage. (runs hot here, that's the reason for the temperature drift of this chip).
The Rohm is a PCM1792A style implementation with modified current driven output stage - not bad, but highly overpriced in my opinion.
Competitor is more the ESS9028/26Pro.
Thanks for clarifying that! It really does remind of the TI PCM1792 like @Wuzel noted which had similar design choices from the looks of it, and similar high default attenuation (but not nearly as high as this DAC!). It does seem overkill though, especially considering the "noise shaping" amir showed which could have been removed/prevented in the output? I don't know, not a DAC engineerYeah, it's clearly a bit oldschool if solid. Looking at the harmonic structure with its dominant 4th harmonic, I assume the output stage produces dominant even order (a bit unusual) and they have some sort of H2 cancellation going on.
BTW, stopband attenuation is extremely high. From the datasheet:
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Why one would need -200 dB of filter ultimate is unclear to me, but hey, I'll take it. In-band filter ripple is not specified, unfortunately.
Yeah, it's clearly a bit oldschool if solid. Looking at the harmonic structure with its dominant 4th harmonic, I assume the output stage produces dominant even order (a bit unusual) and they have some sort of H2 cancellation going on.