postjack Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Been browsing the Digital Asylum aimlessly and have found people talking about this Altmann Attraction DAC. What the hell is this? Why haven't you all told me about it? Anybody heard one? At least I know they didn't spend most of their budget on the case. http://www.mother-of-tone.com/attraction.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted August 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 is that the thing that uses a car battery? no thanks. yup, car battery. speaking of power, I got my brick wall in today, its great! believe it or not, it has almost completely eliminated the ever-present hum on my Bellari. Only when I have no music playing and my pot at max can I just barely hear a tiny bit of hum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 yup, car battery. speaking of power, I got my brick wall in today, its great! believe it or not, it has almost completely eliminated the ever-present hum on my Bellari. Only when I have no music playing and my pot at max can I just barely hear a tiny bit of hum. I lub my clean power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 At 750 EURO for the base model I think I'll pass. And postjack, you realize that most of the DIY power supplies that we use are far superior to batteries, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hungrych Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Like the BYOB amplifier, the complete electronic assembly of the Attraction DAC is vibrationally optimized, as the pcb is flat-press-mounted on a specially treated spruce-board. This construction is time-consuming during manufacture, but improves sound quality, as all components are mechanically coupled to a musical sound board. Uhh.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted August 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 At 750 EURO for the base model I think I'll pass. And postjack, you realize that most of the DIY power supplies that we use are far superior to batteries, right? Yeah, pretty pricey for a circuit board stuck on some wood. No, I don't know anything about DIY power supplies, or car batteries for that matter. ahm lernin tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted August 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Uhh.. wood = good. geez when will you learn this stuff hungrych. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Yeah, pretty pricey for a circuit board stuck on some wood. No, I don't know anything about DIY power supplies, or car batteries for that matter. ahm lernin tho. Maybe if the wood was nice, but spruce edit: p-jizzle only because you're my homeboy, here's a link to someone on Hfi using it: http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=246541&highlight=k1000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerius Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 About $1000 for a non-oversampling DAC on a block of wood. Uh, no thanks. I'd much rather go for the K & K Audio DAC kit and get one of the DIY guys to assemble it and case it up for you if you can't build it yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filburt Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Is this a TDA1543-based dac? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerius Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Is this a TDA1543-based dac? Yup. Straight from the horse's mouth on diyAudio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigiPete Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 get a EMU 0404 USB ... pretty damn decent sounding little dac/amp for the $160 it costs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filburt Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Yup. Straight from the horse's mouth on diyAudio. I don't understand the point of all that other hardware for something that has such high distortion and, in this configuration, probably a nice bit of aliasing too. Then again, I'm not an 'NOS' faithful so maybe I just don't 'get it'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Perhaps things would make more sense if you listened with your ears instead of a spec sheet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hYdrociTy Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Actually what would make the most sense is that the dac is a pos because I consulted a lawyer and he told me the dac is a pos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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