Ess is dry and thin sounding, I have given up on Ess.. Like you, give me an AKM or Burr-Brown...DSD goes up to 1000 something, but you can't get it anywhere, even 512 is kinda overkill.. 256 is audibly better then 128, however.. So maybe getting near the limits of the ear. What cca all ba set do you have? How would you compare this to the Fiio Q3? Can you plug a dongle into it and use just as an amp?
@@jubilant_ear_reviews To me CS seems to be very dependant on the implementation, the chip has a lot of options that manufacturers of dacs often don't use, as well. Like auto gain (impedence matching). So far I like them, but still prefer AKM's or Burr's.. But set up right they can be fantastic.. Lots of micro detail, but a musical signature, at the same time. Texas Instruments, I only know their opamps, which are really good. Transparent. Also used as low pass filters.
