Same DAC chip as ND555 and NDS

[billyrubin]

Not quite true FR. See:

ND555 technical relevance?

Have been researching - and listening to - DACs fairly extensively for last few months. Will try to distill my impressions here since it seems broadly relevant to the discussion and others may find some interest. Virtually all DACs used in high-end audio fall into one of two categories: either resistor ladder or delta-sigma. (a) Designs based on resistor ladder (also called R-2R) chips are typically either based on the legacy Burr Brown PCM1704 family or a similar legacy design from Analog Dev…