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DAC for 50$

post #1 of 11
7/23/11 at 6:11pm
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Hey, i want new dac for headphones and speakers.

Please help me.

I use dac with my pc.

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post #2 of 11
7/23/11 at 6:16pm

Xonar DG?

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post #3 of 11
7/23/11 at 6:37pm
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I want outside dac

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post #4 of 11
7/23/11 at 6:49pm

First of all for 50 its not really worth doing.  Second of all you probably mean DAC/AMP combo since you really shouldnt run off of just a DAC.  You need to up the budget to get anything worth while.....

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post #5 of 11
7/23/11 at 8:32pm
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maybe i get 100$

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post #6 of 11
7/23/11 at 10:28pm

Here is very nice one for $60, a MUSE TDA1543 X4. There is a big thread on this DAC. I use a modded version of this DAC more than my other more expensive ones. Very musical; natural sounding and non-fatiguing. Awesome DAC for the price.

 

http://cgi.ebay.ca/tda1543x4-DIR9001-4X-TDA1543-parallel-connect-DAC-Muse-/260760330626?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb686e182

 

http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/512389/mini-dac-tda1543-x-4-nos

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post #7 of 11
7/24/11 at 3:45am

I would recommend avoiding NOS DACs like the one above like the plague.

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post #8 of 11
7/24/11 at 3:56am

I would recommand the DIR9001 + PCM1793 version, it's far better than the nos version and sound is really great !

http://cgi.ebay.ca/MUSE-tda1793-SPDIF-OPTICAL-DAC-PCM1793-DIR9001-OPA2134-/250796059855?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a649c2ccf

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post #9 of 11
8/12/11 at 8:14am

I wouldn't avoid it like the plague at all. For what the op wants to spend, this would be without a doubt one of the best options around. The are many threads backing this up. If the budget was $500, it would be different.

The Zero dac is also a great sounding dac/amp and sells for abut $130 on ebay. I would recommend that highly for the money. Powered my hd650's suprisingly well. Awesome bass too.

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post #10 of 11
8/12/11 at 8:36am

NOS DACs are never a good idea at any conceivable pricepoint IMO. The amount of effort the designer has to put in to overcome the giant self-imposed stumbling block that is forgoing oversampling is vanishingly unlikely to be present in a $50 design. Even with more expensive designs, not oversampling makes absolutely no sense at all.


Edited by Willakan - 8/12/11 at 11:38am
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post #11 of 11
8/13/11 at 1:44pm

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10423&cs_id=1042302&p_id=6884&seq=1&format=2

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