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    Pinot ADC from Playback Designs in Feb 2016

    FYI, Sony will be offering their new turntable/ADC with PC- and Mac-compatible DSD recording software: http://www.whathifi.com/sony/ps-hx500/review Let's hope that Playback Designs will follow suit with the launch of the Pinot DSD ADC...
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    Nagra Introduces Classic DAC at CES 2016

    I was hoping that they would release a new mobile DSD recorder rather than another DSD DAC, but a greater choice of DSD DACs is always a good thing I guess. At present all their recorders can only do PCM... http://www.nagraaudio.com/recorders/
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    Merlot DAC and Syrah Music Server

    T+A in Germany has also recently released a new DAC with 22.6MHz DSD support :) https://www.stereo.de/news/newsdetail/t-a-dac-wird-dsd-tauglich/
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    Pinot ADC from Playback Designs in Feb 2016

    I wonder what "performance reasons" cause them to recommend using DSD64 over 128 rate... weird.
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    Pinot ADC from Playback Designs in Feb 2016

    Hmm.. Tascam has a free DSD editor with native DSD 256 support... http://tascam.com/product/hi-res_editor/overview/ but their DA-3000 recorder, which can be used with outboard DSD ADCs, maxes out at DSD 128 alas. So it seems that Pyramix is the only game in town for DSD 256 captures at this...
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    Pinot ADC from Playback Designs in Feb 2016

    The above link says that the Pinot can be used as a professional DSD recording system, so maybe it will come with the necessary recording software? But in any event, the Pyramix is a pretty popular software DAW with DSD 256 capability, so what's not to like?
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    Pinot ADC from Playback Designs in Feb 2016

    Or to the Grimm AD1... It's good to finally see a new discrete ADC with double and quad DSD support!
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    Manufacturers forced to stop SACD players production

    In the meantime, Esoteric announced two new SACDs today... http://www.esoteric.jp/indexe.html One would have to wonder why they continue to churn out all these SACDs if their all SACD/CD transports are all gone.
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    dCS Paganini DAC upgrade with master clock or Puccini U-Clock?

    In the e-mail from dCS you quoted in post #33, Martin Rainolds said they would have used the VSOP drive for Rossini "if they could rely on the supply." I understand that he's talking about one particular Esoteric drive there. The question is, did they ask Esoteric about the drives that are...
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    dCS Paganini DAC upgrade with master clock or Puccini U-Clock?

    In its newer SACD/CD players Esoteric is using new versions of VRDS Neo drives. I gather from your post that dCS specifically wanted to use a VOSP drive in their Rossini range (which they couldn't get), but still have the higher VMK drives.
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    dCS Paganini DAC upgrade with master clock or Puccini U-Clock?

    Well, VOSP isn't the only SACD/CD transport out there, and we already established that it even isn't the best one. BTW, do you know if the information about TI retiring the PCM1704 DAC is true? https://www.facebook.com/FikusLampi/posts/1617673151797950 It will be interesting to see if TI...
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    Manufacturers forced to stop SACD players production

    The differences between a regular SACD drive and the T+A transport mechanism go beyond the aluminum case. I wonder how it compares to Esoteric's VOSP drives (they don't look very massive themselves, do they?) ...
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    Manufacturers forced to stop SACD players production

    It's a quite fancy solution though, I don't think I've seen anything like it on any other SACD/CD player... "The PDP 3000 HV’s high-grade SACD mechanism is fully shielded and housed in a machined solid aluminum case in order to prevent any trace of interaction between the moving parts of the...
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    dCS Paganini DAC upgrade with master clock or Puccini U-Clock?

    They all continue to produce SACD players, and we can add the latest T+A machine to the list.
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    dCS Paganini DAC upgrade with master clock or Puccini U-Clock?

    But they weren't their top drives, right? I'm reading in TAS that Esoteric designed the VOSP drives for "lower-priced products" http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/esoteric-p-03-universal-disc-transport-and-d-03-digital-to-analog-converter/ From what I see all their current top SACD/CD...
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