mopar dave Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 can anyone enlighten me on burr brown converters. first off, what do they do different that other converters? to get the benifits of burr brown, does your receiver and dvd have to have them, or can one or the other have them to get all the benifits? dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale W Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 DAVE : my ss rotel 985 has dual burr brown plus the same in my rotel 991 cd player. I'm using digital out from the cd and letting the processor do the conversion. I know it works nice but the rest is a mystery to me. lol I'll find out with the tube gear ( if craig ever decides to give them up ) just how the cd dac works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpg Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 Burr-Brown are just high quality parts generally... their bad stuff is pretty good and their good stuff is good. Burr-Brown chips are recommended for the headphone amp designs I use (from Headwize). I have OPA2227P in my amp right now and will build an amp with the OPA627BP soon, if I ever get around to feeling like it. If it matters, they are part of Texas Instruments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcGoo Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 mopar, It takes an electrical engineer with real expertise to comment with confidence. I do not qualify, but I will try anyway. Burr-Brown has a reputation as the best it would seem. Everyone seems to be using the BBrown 1736 DS for DACs on better machines. Probably the best comment that I have heard is that the way that the DAC is actually used has a very lage impact on the final result. For example, my prior receiver used Burr-Brown PCM 1704 DACs, their best at BB. The receiver was redesigned a year later but still uses the 1704 DACs. It sounds significantly better IMO. I strongly suspect they (Pioneer) improved their use of the DACS. Give the Pioneer VSX49TXi a listen and you may hear the difference. In any case, let your ears decide. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopar dave Posted January 31, 2003 Author Share Posted January 31, 2003 thanks for all the reply's. dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.