Model of DAC in Uniti Atom

Posted by: SimonPeterArnold on 26 June 2018

Hi does anyone know the model of DAC chip they use in the Uniti Atom? 

Posted on: 26 June 2018 by SongStream

Pretty sure it's the TI Burr Brown PCM 1791A, as is used in another of other Naim digital products.

Posted on: 26 June 2018 by Jan-Erik Nordoen

As Songstream says. 

From Qobuz' review of the Atom :

"The 24-Bit/96 kHz digital-to-analog conversion of the stereo input is made on this card by a Burr-Brown PCM1803 circuit, while a PCM1791 model from the same manufacturer is handling the digital-to-analog conversion of the signals coming from the network or from the other digital inputs, and this up to 24-Bit/384 kHz as well as in DSD."

Posted on: 26 June 2018 by SimonPeterArnold

Thanks all.

Posted on: 28 June 2018 by Huge

On the other hand, the sonic characteristics of a DAC system are far more dependant on the electronic surrounding circuitry surrounding the DAC chip than on the DAC chip itself (so, in practice, the precise chip used doesn't really matter to anyone other than the circuit designer, apart from satisfying curiosity!).