April 17, 200917 yr I think in the DiyAudio Thread the chips main designer went in to further detail about the architecture, if i remember correctly it basicaly upsamples to 352,8kHz but, i also think i'm missing something,i posted to say there was information about it on the DIYAudio thread though that was the 9008 chip and not the newer one though
April 17, 200917 yr Author Hmm ... I guess that was both a simple and naive question (Don't go there, it's way too easy). I love this place. Edited April 17, 200917 yr by morphsci
April 17, 200917 yr Long story short you can get it in PCM for sure. DSD I wish you the best of luck.
April 17, 200917 yr If I wanted to configure this DAC for USB input, would I need to buy a USB receiver module as well? Or would this be a step backwards?
April 17, 200917 yr Author Long story short you can get it in PCM for sure. DSD I wish you the best of luck. My comment was in no way derogatory, just to make sure everyone is on the same page. I'm not sure I could have had the quality of responses in most other forums. I have not given up yet, but if high resolution PCM is all I can get, I'll suffer with that.
April 17, 200917 yr My comment was in no way derogatory, just to make sure everyone is on the same page. I'm not sure I could have had the quality of responses in most other forums. I have not given up yet, but if high resolution PCM is all I can get, I'll suffer with that. Sorry if I came off upset. It has been a long day at work. I'm not upset at all and I understood what you were saying. That's why I'm up to nearly more posts here than HF and I've been a member here less than a third as long. In the end what AlanY said about delta-sigma DACs being DSD is basically true but there are some details different that lead to PCM like noise performance vs DSD noise performance. With a delta sigma DAC the difference is in the output filter and the digital/filtering setup before hand. Edited April 17, 200917 yr by Dreadhead
April 17, 200917 yr I have scotch .... That works also. none... how much rum would do the trick? I guess it would be proportional to how complicated you want it. At least a pirate schooner full
April 17, 200917 yr That works also. I guess it would be proportional to how complicated you want it. At least a pirate schooner full Jeebus that a lot of rum.... I'll see what I can do. Special stuff I want: DSD input through HDMIPixie Dust
April 17, 200917 yr Author Jeebus that a lot of rum.... I'll see what I can do. Special stuff I want: DSD input through HDMIPixie Dust If you ask for #2 first, then #1 doesn't matter.
April 17, 200917 yr Jeebus that a lot of rum.... I'll see what I can do. Special stuff I want: DSD input through HDMIPixie Dust I also think you have a better chance of getting #2.
April 17, 200917 yr I also think you have a better chance of getting #2. OK. We have a deal. A pixied-out DAC is comming my way! screw maxing.. In actuality I'm going to have a Weiss DAC2 sent my way after the guy at Vintage King said it was as good as the DAC1/Prism/Lavry Gold for a lot less money.
April 17, 200917 yr OK. We have a deal. A pixied-out DAC is comming my way! screw maxing.. In actuality I'm going to have a Weiss DAC2 sent my way after the guy at Vintage King said it was as good as the DAC1/Prism/Lavry Gold for a lot less money. $3K is less?
April 17, 200917 yr If I wanted to configure this DAC for USB input, would I need to buy a USB receiver module as well? Or would this be a step backwards? You could get a transit ($55-80) for 24/96 or HagUSB ($70) for 16/48 resolution to convert to Toslink or Coaxial from USB and use Coaxial for free or the $18 TPA toslink module. HagUSB, you can buy the kit to save money and install it internally as a receiver module as well. The transit is roughly the same price or lower as the TPA USB module and does higher resolution (may not be as good as a receiver though), so its up to you. The TPA USB module can output straight i2s on the other hand and will save about $10-30 after you calculate cost of extra connectors or modules involved. Toslink or coaxial seems very important to me if you even want to move away from a purely computer based system in the future and the 24/192 receiver chips for the modules are now OOP, coaxial input is free and Toslink is only $20. I probably wouldn't bother with USB at all if I had a desktop based system, I'd just get a sound card with spdif or i2s out. Not using USB as a transport would give you the option to use many more DACs with your computer setup as well. Soon (by June) I should be able to find out which option I prefer between the transit or TPA USB module.
April 18, 200917 yr I wonder if the Twisted Pear guys would consider going full time with the business? Seems like there's a lot of demand for their products, and going full time might help them keep some of the other boards in stock.
April 18, 200917 yr I wonder if the Twisted Pear guys would consider going full time with the business? Seems like there's a lot of demand for their products, and going full time might help them keep some of the other boards in stock. Unlikely, I doubt there's enough there to turn it into a full time business. There's a reason that you don't see 100 operations like this. It's not because there aren't talented people to do it, it's a cut-throat, low-margin, compete with China electronics world. Ask yourself, would you still buy their kits and boards if the prices were 3 to 4x what they are now? Cause that's what it'd take to make it profitable enough to go full time.
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