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Topic: AK4493EQ in pipeline?

The AK4493EQ is pin compatible to the AK4490 used in the ADI 2 DAC. It has the advantage of offering DSD512 (and slightly better specs).
Are there any plans to replace the AK4490 with the AK4493EQ?
I sort of know the answer, but I thought I'd ask anyway.

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Re: AK4493EQ in pipeline?

The 4493 is NOT pin compatible. And DSD 512 would not be possible without redesigning a lot of FPGA resources, as you need to provide the bit stream at double data rate to the DAC chip.

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Re: AK4493EQ in pipeline?

Danke für die Klärung, Matthias