Mods and members should note that Coli (or 'ilok') has been trolling and crapping DirectStream threads.
There are any number of fantastic implementations of NOS R-2R, R-2R with filter, all PCM and DSD converted as DSD (Playback Designs, DirectStream, etc), and so on.
Here's a list of R-2R DACs (flagships) on the market:
Aqua HiFi La Scala
PCM1704-K (4) Dual mono
CH Precision C1
PCM1704 (8) Dual mono
Computer Audio Design CAD 1543
DAC Philips TDA1543/N2 (16)
Metrum Acoustics Pavane
Propietary "Transient" chips
MSB DAC V
Discrete (proprietary)
Phasure NOS1
1704U-K (8)
Schiit Yggdrasil
AD5791 BRUZ (4)
totaldac d1-twelve
6 discrete ladders per channel (600 vishay foil resistors)
Trinity Electronic Design Trinity DAC
PCM1704
Vertex AQ Aletheia DAC-1
Philips TDA1543
Not all are NOS (Yggy, for example).
