Hey there,
I am comparing these two DACs. The only differences between them that I can see is that the PCM52* is released two years later than the PCM51* and that they both use different packages. Am I not seeing something? To me it looks like both would perform equally well in similar situations.
The reason I am actually asking this, is because I am looking for a suitable alternative chip for the ES9028 (for headphone usage). On the surface it looks like these two PCM chips don't even come close to the specifications of the ES9028 chip, so maybe I am asking the wrong questions by comparing them with each other. Would there be an audible difference between the chips in the title of this post and the ES9028 chip from ESS? Which chip - for which I don't need to sign an NDA - comes closest to the ES9028 chip?
Any advice is welcome 🙂.
Edit: Some background; I am an electrical engineering student that is not experienced in audio equipment that tries to make a DAC + amplifier for a headphone with the lowest possible noise amd the highest possible bitrate + sample frequency.
I am comparing these two DACs. The only differences between them that I can see is that the PCM52* is released two years later than the PCM51* and that they both use different packages. Am I not seeing something? To me it looks like both would perform equally well in similar situations.
The reason I am actually asking this, is because I am looking for a suitable alternative chip for the ES9028 (for headphone usage). On the surface it looks like these two PCM chips don't even come close to the specifications of the ES9028 chip, so maybe I am asking the wrong questions by comparing them with each other. Would there be an audible difference between the chips in the title of this post and the ES9028 chip from ESS? Which chip - for which I don't need to sign an NDA - comes closest to the ES9028 chip?
Any advice is welcome 🙂.
Edit: Some background; I am an electrical engineering student that is not experienced in audio equipment that tries to make a DAC + amplifier for a headphone with the lowest possible noise amd the highest possible bitrate + sample frequency.
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In general, the TI PCM5xxx follows this format:
PCM5+A+B+C, where
PCM5 - same family
A - 1: single ended output, 2: differential output
B - 0: hardware controlled, 2: register controlled, 4: miniDSP, 5: miniDSP+SmartAmp
C - 0: 100dB, 1: 106dB, 2: 112dB (SE) 114dB (diff)
Though not all combinations exist.
PCM5+A+B+C, where
PCM5 - same family
A - 1: single ended output, 2: differential output
B - 0: hardware controlled, 2: register controlled, 4: miniDSP, 5: miniDSP+SmartAmp
C - 0: 100dB, 1: 106dB, 2: 112dB (SE) 114dB (diff)
Though not all combinations exist.
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