Danielj
Head-Fier
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OK folks...I know there are alot of electronic wizards here; building your own dacs, phone amps, etc. So what about a transportable true audiophile quality DAP? I know Vinnie is doing the imod thing with clean line out...which is what is missing from all these comsumer audio players. But he is working with microscopic size circuits. I am thinking of something larger: a bare bones unit; mains and battery powered, but smaller than the pixel magic and the like. something that outputs to a headphone amp and designed just for that. What would be needed to make a truly good DAP
easy stuff
2.5 harddrive, laptop type
small dac like monica
good quality lineout directly from dac no internal headphone amp
small ipod type screen
hard stuff?
firmware like rockbox?
the processor to operate the whole thing. Is this where the problem would be? The pixel magic type players are using a sigma processor and linux software.
so, is the technology abailable to gather all the parts for such a device? If it is, it seem s to me that all is needed is to have the knowledge to wire all of it together. I have a friend that is on headfi...I betcha he could do it.
thoughts and problems
thanks
Daniel
easy stuff
2.5 harddrive, laptop type
small dac like monica
good quality lineout directly from dac no internal headphone amp
small ipod type screen
hard stuff?
firmware like rockbox?
the processor to operate the whole thing. Is this where the problem would be? The pixel magic type players are using a sigma processor and linux software.
so, is the technology abailable to gather all the parts for such a device? If it is, it seem s to me that all is needed is to have the knowledge to wire all of it together. I have a friend that is on headfi...I betcha he could do it.
thoughts and problems
thanks
Daniel