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<blockquote data-quote="user 1447" data-source="post: 1063838" data-attributes="member: 1447"><p>i think that this depends on your needs .... for example the Zen DAC v2 is a MQA decoder as well as an MQA renderer - which means it does the full hardware unfolding of MQA which means it could possibly sound better if you are going to play lots of MQA files </p><p></p><p>for normal non MQA files the signature will most likely sound better - so it all depends on your circumstances and your source - if you need the full MQA decode capability the Zen DAC v2 makes sense but if you dont use MQA at all then the signature model makes more sense </p><p></p><p>the Zen DAC v2 also has the improved crystal clock which reduces jitter considerably (claimed to be greater than a 20db improvement) and also the V2 now uses a 16 core chip while the older range including the signature uses the 8 core chip - IMHO the newer chip may just do things smoother - the signature is using the older 8 core chips as well as the older crystal clock - so the differences in the sound quality won't be as pronounced as you get between the Zen Dac V1 and the signature </p><p></p><p>with all of the facts i reckon it all depends solely on whether you need the MQA decoding or not :nfi: .... if not then get the signature - if you think you might need it now or in the future then get the Zen DAC V2</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 1447, post: 1063838, member: 1447"] i think that this depends on your needs .... for example the Zen DAC v2 is a MQA decoder as well as an MQA renderer - which means it does the full hardware unfolding of MQA which means it could possibly sound better if you are going to play lots of MQA files for normal non MQA files the signature will most likely sound better - so it all depends on your circumstances and your source - if you need the full MQA decode capability the Zen DAC v2 makes sense but if you dont use MQA at all then the signature model makes more sense the Zen DAC v2 also has the improved crystal clock which reduces jitter considerably (claimed to be greater than a 20db improvement) and also the V2 now uses a 16 core chip while the older range including the signature uses the 8 core chip - IMHO the newer chip may just do things smoother - the signature is using the older 8 core chips as well as the older crystal clock - so the differences in the sound quality won't be as pronounced as you get between the Zen Dac V1 and the signature with all of the facts i reckon it all depends solely on whether you need the MQA decoding or not :nfi: .... if not then get the signature - if you think you might need it now or in the future then get the Zen DAC V2 [/QUOTE]
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