dCS Bartók APEX review in Stereophile

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dCS Ring DAC - A Technical Explanation

Part 4 – The Ring DAC How can the issues described previously with Ladder DACs be resolved? What would a DAC designed from the ground up to effectively de-correlate errors in the DAC itself and remove the resulting distortion look like? That is where the dCS Ring DAC comes into play. The Ring DAC is the proprietary DAC technology found inside all dCS DACs. On the surface, the Ring DAC may look like a Ladder DAC. There is a latch and a resistor for each current source, and these current sources …