Which is the better dac ?

[TALON1973]

Need some help on this one as i'm stumped ......

I've got an arcam irdac and until recently my main blu ray player was a ps4 ( hi-fi was through pc ) .

Now I picked up an arcam bdp300 blu ray player 3 week ago , for combined hi-fi / blu ray use. On auto pilot I just connected up the irdac to blu ray drive ... hi-fi is amazing on this player btw.

But ive been wondering ...... which or my 2 arcams is the better dac ?

the bdp300 is using Wolfson Audio 8741

and the irdac has Burr Brown 1796 DAC

tbh I don't know which one is supposed to be better .... I just assumed the irdac is better as its a dedicated dac...

Any opinions ?

 

[cheeseboy]

which sounds better to you? That's the only answer that matters really.

 

[TALON1973]

Yeah fair enough .... just wondering on a technical standpoint which is it supposed to be ?

 

[Insertfunnynamehere]

I'd rather something be pleasing that technically better and I'm sure you agree. Just hammer something you know inside and out on it and you will indeed get your answer! Please let us know how ya get on pal.

 

[SteveR750]

Have you just tried googling each chipset? I'm sure there are some forums lurking in the darkest corners of the web debating the finer points of each one. I did something similar recently, trying to establish what the specs are of the chipsets in my various PCs (all Realtek HD soundcards apparently). It took lon enough to find out which one was actually fitted to each machine, and I should have stopped there...