Burr Brown DACs

[ronrex1 10+ year member]

What companies manufacture High End Burr Brown DACs?

Thanks

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[aeronautica86 10+ year member]

a little company called Burr-Brown...

they were aquired by Texas Instruments a few years back though, but Burr-Brown is the name of a company, not a type of DAC

 

[evan 10+ year member]

Do you mean which companies use them?

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

my xxv-o1d has em.

 

[Team Hammer 10+ year member]

I think M-Audio uses them too. They make different versions anyways.

 

[phyphoestilic 5,000+ posts]

Tru Technology uses them.

 

[Thieroff 10+ year member]

What makes a Burr-Brown DAC better, or different than the others?

CT

 

[thylantyr 10+ year member]

What makes a Burr-Brown DAC better, or different than the others?CT

Brand name recognition.

 

[937DYTBOI 5,000+ posts]

intersting

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

indeed

 

[LexNBimmer 10+ year member]

The same thing that make Zed amps better...the forum Gods have said it's so:naughty:

 

[jeffs42885 10+ year member]

if im not mistaken, doesnt the 7800mp, 780mp, 9800, 980, 880prs use them burr brown dacs as well?

 

[937DYTBOI 5,000+ posts]

nakamichi

 

[thylantyr 10+ year member]

I guess the secret must come out of the bag.

The *real* reason people like Burr Brown DACs aside from brand

naming that consumers look for, is they make ~70 different DAC's.

Why so many?

To capture a bigger audience by making DAC's with different specs to allow

the designer more freedom to choose which one fits his design better.

Specs like;

* Resolution

* SNR

* Sampling Rate

* Inputs/Outputs

* Digital Audio Interface

* Control Interface

* Power dissipation

* Analog Supply Voltage

* Digital Supply Voltage

* Etc.

http://focus.ti.com/paramsearch/docs/parametricsearch.tsp?family=analog&familyId=582&uiTemplateId=NODE_STRY_PGE_T&familyAliasId=1100582

The second reason they offer so many *is to make money as a company*.

They are no dummies, they know that people will pay extra for extra features

that probably offer no audible SQ improvement but the consumer market

will assume it does because the integrated circuits used are more expensive.

 

[jjski78 10+ year member]

Zed Audio offers Burr Brown upgrades as an option for their amps.