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More "analog" sound?

Current DACs offering NOS mode are generally R2R or Multi-Bit DACs. The stated goal of these designs is a more analog or smoother sound.

I believe all Delta Sigma based DACs apply over sampling to all incoming signals.

R2R/Multi-bit DACs don't try to become "more Delta Sigma" their entire approach is to sound LESS Delta Sigma-like. Not as harsh, bright fatiguing.

The truth is, the bad rap about harshness with Delta Sigma designs probably lays more with a designer's poor implementation of the input and analog output stages of the DAC and less about the kind of chip used for the digital to audio conversion.


Edits: 11/16/23
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