http://www.twistedpearaudio.com/relief/relief.aspx   On Monday May 20, 2013, a powerful tornado impacted the towns of Moore, Newcastle, and southern portions of Oklahoma City, causing widespread destruction.  In the weeks since then, several more tornados have touched down in the area...

Quote: No, there is no NDA on selling chips.  We sell as complete units because of the difficulty of assembly, and the cost of parts involved.  It would be a bummer to pay for all the parts and ruin them, which is easy to do.  It would also be overwhelming for me to build kits and complete...

This was posted over on DIYAudio: http://firecritic.com/2013/01/23/video-commercial-building-fire-in-north-arlington-new-jersey/

    No. Tin/Lead does not tarnish.   Degradation of old solder joints is typically caused by the acidic flux left on the board (not properly cleaned off in most electronics due to cost).  

Buffalo III with Tridents Placid HD or LCDPS to power the Buffalo + transformer (9V) S/PDIF Level Converter for coax (single or 4-channel if you want multiple sources) TOSLINK optical module to convert Optical to TTL-level S/PDIF USB Module to convert USB to TTL-level S/PDIF Ideally an I/V...

Two additional things to think about with oil cooling...   1) You still need heatsinks on the enclosure to cool the oil.  It will absorb the heat, and eventually get up to the same temp as the parts you are trying to cool... it needs to go somewhere.  Oil (or water in a car) is used as a...

For the best possible sound quality, I strongly suggest you use the ES9018's internal digital volume control.  You don't "lose bits."  it attenuates the output without adding noise, as all analog solutions will do.  If you go this route, the Buffalo-III just needs a pot to make it happen.

Quote:   A single PlacidBP (especially the new HD version) can power both IVY's.   It is a feasible setup.  You will want to be careful with the routing of the I2S signals, especially in regards to power supply wiring.  Try to not cross them.  You may be better off putting the...

The IVY has both current-input and voltage-input.  The voltage inputs feed 2.2K resistors to provide a proper load for the WM8741.  You get a fully-differential buffer with filtering.

I am extending the raffle until Saturday, September 11th. The drawing will be at 9AM EST.

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  Our relief raffle for Haiti was a great success, so we are up to it again...    Twisted Pear Audio (Russ and I) are holding a raffle to raise money for Doctors Without Borders relief work in Pakistan, following the massive and ongoing flooding.   I have set up a page on our site...

Just a final update on this... Citrix Systems (my employer) has come through with $1000 in matching funds. Thanks again to everyone for helping out.  

To better accommodate other time zones, I just moved tomorrow's Buffalo pre-order sale up by eight hours, to 12:00 Eastern Time.

I was the one on vacation, and am now back  (almost relaxed).

The JT is actually ideal for the Ventus, as it enjoys a constant source impedance.

I just realized that I had not accounted for Daylight Savings when setting up the timer on the web page. It has just become one hour closer to sale time! (Timer is accurate now.)

Quote: Originally Posted by lbhajdu I don't know if this has been covered else where but, in the WM8741 datasheet it says the DAC offers attenuation in microcontroller controlled mode in .125dB steps up to -127.5db. Has anybody ever heard this feature being used (Attenuation in the...

Quote: Originally Posted by bizkid "Stereo balanced outputs can be used in current-output or voltage-output mode (depends on output stage used)" Does this mean the DAC does voltage-output thus no I/V Stage needed? Are there any shortcomings to that besides needing a linestage (or not...

There seem to be more available.... When I calculate stock, I include items people have put in their shopping carts. If they do not follow through, they become available again.

I am pushing the planned ship date out a week, the the week of March 15th. I might be able to beat that still, but want to be safe.

Well, we were really thinking that is someone were to go nutso and use dual-mono, they would use two IVYs, then the SE output of each IVY would actually be used as the balanced outputs. In dual mono mode, we invert the phase on 4 of the DACs, so at the Ballsie outputs, you would use L+, GND and...

Dual Mono is for two Buffalo DACs, each in mono mode (8 DACs per channel).

Quote: Originally Posted by Beefy Well, having the Bal/SE conversion stack right on top would certainly be desirable...... Your wish is our command . Ballsie now integrated into IVY-III, and the whole thing stacks.

IVY III actually has two sets of inputs. One set lines up with BII. The other is on the end to line up with COD and OPUS.