Members Products of the Decade

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Value digital product of the decade:  Wavelength Cosecant DAC that started the Asynchronous USB DAC off and running

 

Value analogue product of the decade:  Technics SL1200G

 

High End digital product of the decade:  

 

High End analogue product of the decade:  

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I decided my High End product of the decade is the Devialet amps.

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If I’m not mistaken the Marantz HDAM is nothing more than an IC made up of discrete parts rather than a chip or opamp. 

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On 1/7/2020 at 12:58 PM, Ralf11 said:

For my product of the decade I pick this support system.  It is far more effective than any audiophile rack.

 

 

effective at what exactly?

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7 hours ago, gmgraves said:

If it’s made of discrete parts, then it isn’t an IC. An IC means Integrated Circuit, and refers to a “chip” meaning that the entire device is built onto a single (usually) silicon substrate. In other words everything is integrated together. A circuit made up individual transistors, resistors, capacitors and diodes and often potted in epoxy is usually referred to as a “module”. MSB’s ladder DACs are made that way to discourage competitors from reverse engineering their circuits.

perhaps I wasn’t clear enough. The HDAM is doing exactly the same thing an op-amp would be doing in a given location but does it with discrete parts instead.