Why no UK built NOS DAC?

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    3DSonics away working hard on "it"

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    Hi,

    I have not heard it. I think an active I/V solution would be better.

    I have a small battery powered DAC with TDA1545 & active I/V, non-OS and it sounds perfectly nice, much better (smoother, but with more detail - like Glenmorangie vs. Bells) than the TDA1543 stuff....

    Ciao T
     
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    I found a VERY nice blend called "Immortal Memory" - try it - full-bodied, more substantial than Glenmorangie :JOEL:

    Here are the tasting notes

    If only I could find a cheap DAC like that :JPS:
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    Extreme Vaporizer Review
     
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    Garmt

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    My Ack dAck! uses TDA1545A, battery power and active I/V. I think it sounds dandy, but it falls down on complex material I find.
     
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    Coda II getting there slowly

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    Does it come with a free CD?

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    technobear Ursine Audiophile

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    Why not offer it as a kit, like Crimson Elektrik used to do. Fully assembled and tested boards, DAC and PSU. Just build your own enclosure :)
     
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    Garmt

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    Would love to, but it is not my design... :) In fact, it is commercially available as 'Ack dAck!'. In short: I have an Ack dAck!
     
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    3DSonics away working hard on "it"

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    Hi,

    What for?

    Diyparadise.com already has comparable offers anyway and my time is not worth the income.

    As said before, learn to solder, take a piece of matrix board and solder in your own CS8412 & TDA1545 and the few additional components, total cost for what goes on the board around £ 10...15....

    Ciao T
     
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    technobear Ursine Audiophile

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    Tried typing 'Ack dAck' into Google. Didn't find anything on DACs but it turned up some very strange stuff :eek:
     
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    Garmt

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    That's it! :MILD:
     
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    One downer about the Ack Dack is that it's battery powered. TBH I doubt the sonic benefits (if any) are worth the hassle of having to charge it etc. Amongst the many pages on the net about Non-OS dacs there's one guy who showed that a battery PSU can add its own issues and is not necessarily 'cleaner' than a decent mains driven PSU.

    Michael.
     
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    Garmt

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    It's all about implementation... I don't care that much for the battery powered operations. You just turn it on when you want to listen and turn it off when you're done... I got at least 12 hours of play out of it (it can do even more).
     
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    Does that include diyparadise.com's Monica 2 ?

    Chris
     
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    3DSonics away working hard on "it"

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    Hi,

    That uses asyncronous re-clocking. This instead of reducing jitter makes it sky-high (one sample period peak - that 22,700,000pS) but randomises it and changes the distribution with frequency. I find it a bit of taking potshots in the dark.

    Ciao T
     
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    I notice that Mr Shek has used a choke in his latest DAC, interesting.......
     
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