Tc-7500 Dac

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    'Professional quality' for £60 - a bargain for sure!
     
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    Well, a few months ago you could've had the NOS DAC for 100£, right? Still a bargain...
     
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    not necessarily, you can buy personal cd players, dvd players, sound cards, digital radios and so on and such forth, which all contain a DAC of some description, for less than £60 but it doesn't mean they're any good. Could be any old junk stuck in a box.
    But by all means try it, never know
     
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    I'd give it a miss unless you have a few components you want to connect to it.
     
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    Anyone got comments on the underlying sound quality of the Burr-Brown PCM-1716 DAC chips?

    If they have any inherent qualities, then this may be a good chassis for DIY modding
     
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    Pcm1716

    Respectable enough to be used in the Arcam Alpha 7SE, MF E624 / X-Ray / A3.

    Zerogainers might be interested in this list of CDPs & DAC chips used that I stumbled across recently:

    http://mestertuning.freeweb.hu/dac.html

    John
     
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    This tweak would be interesting:

    http://digilander.libero.it/paeng/pcm1716_tweak.htm

    Sowter and Stevens and Billington also make transformers that might meet the requirements.

    EDIT: There is also a pin for pin compatible device from Wolfson that is slightly improved (apparently). WM1716. Mind you its smd and wouldnt be easy to remove and replace.
     
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    I-S Good Evening.... Infidel

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    Actually SMD is easier to remove/replace, once you've had a little practice :D
     
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    Okay then guys, is it worth a punt for £60, or is that £60 better invested elsewhere? ...in another low-cost tweakable DAC?
     
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