[[AK]Zip]

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[dsavitsk]

Quote:

Originally Posted by [AK]Zip Overall a really nice NOS USB DAC!

How is this NOS? I just see a TI chip.

 

[saab]

What did I miss?

 

[Samgotit]

I have a linked Excel BOM (like n_maher did for the M^3). It's in the infantile stages and a bit of a mess. There are some comments by Solomon on the spreadsheet that may be useful. It should be looked over by others who are more experienced than myself before it is used to order components. Please feel free to make changes, point out problems, and identify alternate components.

PM me your email for the spreadsheet.

I think NOS was a mistake in the original post. Maybe the boards are New Old Stock.

 

[[AK]Zip]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dsavitsk How is this NOS? I just see a TI chip.

Sorry my error. I had very little sleep. It's not a NOS DAC...

 

[NeilR]

What does NOS mean in the context of a DAC?

(I wish I had seen that thread a bit sooner. No matter how much I watch this d$mned place I miss out on all the giveaways

)

 

[cetoole]

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeilR What does NOS mean in the context of a DAC? (I wish I had seen that thread a bit sooner. No matter how much I watch this d$mned place I miss out on all the giveaways )

Non OverSampling, which includes dac chips like the TDA1541 and TDA1543, probably the most popular NOS dac chips still in use.

 

[bperboy]

While I'm waiting for Solomon to post on the other forums, can someone tell me how i'd go about leaving out hte amp and volume control sections? I already have a Millett that I'd just like to output the DAC thru RCA to the millett. Also, in the page of the DAC201, I see something about a balanced output. What exactly is that? A real balanced source that can be used w/a dynamite?

 

[Samgotit]

The schematic is here:
http://www.audiodiylab.com/my_downlo...dac201_1.1.pdf

Data sheets of interest:

PCM2704
http://focus.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/pcm2704.pdf
TPA0211
http://focus.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tpa0211.pdf

Any suggestions, upgrades, or comments would be appreciated.

 

[jerb]

so ak what did this thing cost you to populate? hows the sound so far?

 

[seanohue]

Hey zip, i just finished my DAC but I'm not sure how to get it working on windows. Is there a driver for it somewhere?

 

[[AK]Zip]

Just plug in the dac into the USB connector of your computer and it will auto pick it up if under windows XP.

-Alex-

 

[seanohue]

Do i need J8?

 

[seanohue]

got sound in the left, just need to trace the problem back to get the right channel working.

 

[seanohue]

Anyone ever heard of a bad paper oil capacitor? The big Dayton C5 cap isnt working right. I got 1.65V on one side and then i get a .50V reading that decreases on the left side. C6 however get 1.65V on both sides. But I'll order another to make sure. Would it be ok to jump this position to test to make sure that the cap is the problem?