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SMSL VMV D3 R-2R DAC
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SMSL VMV D3 R-2R DAC
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Product Description
SMSL’s high-end VMV line brings modern aesthetics and top-tier performance to desktop DACs. The D3 2-R2 takes a bit of this modern design language and merges it with the past—using four classic Texas Instruments 2R2 chips (two per channel) to perform a perfectly balanced digital-to-analog conversion Read More
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legaceez
90
Nov 8, 2021
mania400I'm pretty sure those are just renders. They probably don't even have any physical units made yet lol. This probably amounts to a kickstarter pre-order of an unfinished product. They are testing the waters to see what the interest is.
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LIBY555
192
Nov 26, 2021
mania400Like you won't see every written and video review before pulling the trigger on a 3-grand DAC anyway.
KimbaWLion
144
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Nov 8, 2021
So this will sound ROUGHLY $2500 better than my D1? Hum.... Nope...
Igor123456789
17
Nov 24, 2021
KimbaWLionThat's not how diminishing returns work, you intelligent person. Not to mention you can have very expensive DACs like the Holo May Kitsune or Denafrips Terminator + that will perform extremely well, and sound quite different at the same time. Hifi is all about personal preferences in the end.
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JJ-Kale
3
Nov 7, 2021
Did they just swap in NOS R2R DAC chips in the D1 and raise the price $2400, like Denafrips isn't actually a thing?
cangle
54
Nov 7, 2021
This dac is very intriguing but without a discount I don't see myself going for something like this. It is good to see the big audio companies likes smsl, topping, and gustard producing higher end dacs. Hopefully this will continue to bring the price down for good sounding dacs. Hope anyone who picks one of these up enjoys it or comes back and posts a review so we can see what you think.
EddyD
0
Nov 7, 2021
I really love the sound of the PCM170x, however. Until I bought the AKM4499-based Singxer SDA-6, a PCM1704-based unit was my best-sounding DAC (which still sounds better than the Musetec Mini).
TarasT
16
Nov 7, 2021
I checked mouser.com on the pricing and availability of the TI PCM1704U-J chip and it's listed as "Obsolete". I also checked on the Analog Devices AD5781ARUZ used in the Bifrost 2 and it's listed with a factory lead time of 64 weeks, but at least it's a current gen. chip. $3500.00 for legacy hardware.
ElectronicVices
2937
Nov 8, 2021
TarasTIf the spec sheet update list is at all accurate that "current gen" is still 11 years old. R2R/Multibit chips are all legacy at this point, one just has to pick their desired flavor or go discrete.
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