Quote Originally Posted by lurcher View Post
Are you sure about the 12 bit? I know the early Phlips (Sony and Meridian) machines used 4 times oversampling with cunning noise shaping and 14 bit DACs

I think your right, I rescued an old Philips CD101 which has a pair of TDA1540's, I thought those was one of the oldest in commercial units.
Could be wrong though