huangyong 0 Report post Posted October 12, 2003 (edited) A DIY DAC.. the hobbyists/designers spent about 5 years to complete this huge project... the design is quite special..pls take a look.... may be someone from SGH want to build one... link : http://members.chello.nl/~m.heijligers/DAC...html/dactop.htm Edited October 12, 2003 by huangyong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fishball79 0 Report post Posted October 12, 2003 Interestingly, the few cult status DACs i read about uses previously commonly found DACs. TDA1541 and PCM63K are such examples. Perhaps unearthing an old cdp with such a dac chip and rebuilding its dac portion or using it with a newer hopefully better transport would gain good results on the cheap... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huangyong 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2003 fishball, i dun get what you mean......... can eleborate more....and some facts or stuff to read.... thanx . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rameish 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2003 He means these DAC chips can be found on some not so old players which are rather cheap today. Like the Rotel RCD-971 which uses PMC 63 (standard grade not k grade). So you could, I suppose, reuse the chips in a seperate DAC. While even older CDPs (which tend to have better transports - like my Rotel RCD-855 which uses the swing arm CDM 4-19 glass laser mech). Hence you might be able to have a better CD transport from the early 1990s and combine it with more modern chips from the late 1990s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huangyong 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2003 ok,thanx.. and where to find those old grandad of cdp?? and mod them... anyone did it?? fire-fox?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rameish 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2003 I'm just tellin u what he said since u didnt seem to understand. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtfoo 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2003 You can check some old post from echoloft diy section. I remembered there's was a long discussions of diy DAC.. Yes, the TDA1541 crown version were mentioned too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mackie 0 Report post Posted October 14, 2003 and where to find those old grandad of cdp?? Singnet, Xtremeplace, Echoloft, I-audio weekend classifieds etc...... and mod them... anyone did it?? As U've been undertaking DIY projects recently, perhaps the honour can go to U? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rameish 0 Report post Posted October 14, 2003 Huangyong, Good luck! You can come by and pick up my rabbit's foot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
