The reason everything went DS DAC is all about cost.
The chips were cheap and measured well, and are easy to integrate.
It was difficult to make R2R DAC chips with greater than about 18 bit resolution.
If you can get/make accurate enough resistors though they are a superior solution.
Case in point the big recent improvements in DS DACās has been a move back to using a resistor ladder for the top N bits (usually 5 or 6), and only using Delta Signa for the rest.
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Iāll take it off your hands. I have a Benjamin with your name on it =P
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No way! not after what Polygon said
lol
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FIGHT! 
FIGHT! FIGHT!
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Love 
Love Love
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pretty hard to tell the Multibit dac and the dac the xd05+ apartā¦ this is a good thing btwā¦ I still think the zen dac is the one ive liked the most (and bought again) but these are really nice to my earsā¦ didnāt like the d50sā¦ also I canāt comment on the different technologies or id give an opinion but im sure youāre rightā¦ all of you lol
also these are pretty fresh first impressions
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Been away for a few days and reading all the comments ā¦
FIrst of all r2r is old as far as when it was first implemented, and this has no bearing on its capabilites if implemented wellā¦
R2R dacs have stellar resolution compared to many ho-mum DS dacsā¦that said there are good DS dacs as wellā¦its not the age its the implementation etc that countsā¦
and R2R dacs do not add distortion of make things sound soft etcā¦
DS dacs are easier to make than R2R dacsā¦
The Schiit Bifrost 2 can resolve very, very well and doesnt muck with the samplesā¦like most DS dacs.
From Schiit:
No, seriously, I donāt believe this True Multibit stuff. 18 bits? What about 24 bit music?
Well, leaving aside the fact that there probably aināt nowhere near 24 usable bits in any recorded music, no matter the audiophile cred, if youāre looking for resolution below the 18-bit level, take a look at our measurements, showing Bifrost 2 clearly resolving a -144dB signal. Thatās -24 bits. Boom.
Microchip THX AAA stuff, I had one and its soldā¦best specs in the world, sound? Sterile less compelling to me to listen withā¦
New tech is not necessairly better, but could be or add new non-existent function that you might like,want or needā¦
But dont shy away from old tech it can really surprise you if your open mindedā¦
:>)
Alex
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Itās stuck around for a reason lol 
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I pretty much echo the sentiments of this entire post and I had a similar experience with the SMSL SP200 THX 888. Iāve been much happier with my Bifrost 2 and RNHP stack. The Geshelli Labs Archel 2.5 also blows the doors off of any THX amp IMO. Geshelli really makes nice stuff. The Enog2 pro and Archel 2.5 is the ideal stack at itās price point IMO.
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I am waiting on a B Stock Asgard 3!!
Never enough amps!!
:>)
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The Asgard 3 is what I would sell my Schiit Heresy for. Even thenā¦ I still miss that schiit amp. Plus itās hard to justify an Asgard 3 when I have a RNHP.
Iām pretty sure I have an amp problemā¦
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I find the fact you used your phone camera instead of making a screen shot a little disturbing.
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yup total brainfart!!
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Repent, post action shots of the Asgard 3!
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Hmmm that will take some creativity
