About prices..
XMOS_AK4490_LME49710 combo is 150 euro's.. but you need PSU for digital and analog part and control board.. so I think about 250 euro total acount..
Dual mono AK4495 was announced with 500-600 euro price.. but with PSU on board, more digital inputs, XLR (balanced) analog outputs..
XMOS_AK4490_LME49710 combo is 150 euro's.. but you need PSU for digital and analog part and control board.. so I think about 250 euro total acount..
Dual mono AK4495 was announced with 500-600 euro price.. but with PSU on board, more digital inputs, XLR (balanced) analog outputs..
Thank you. But what about output stages? Are they the same? Could they be replaced?
After my stunning experience with tubes based Broskie's Unbalancer i can't even listen to ss or (blame!) opamps stages...
Will both DACs have balanced output? Is Hummingbird's output already balanced before output stage?
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I can't even begin to describe how happy I am with my completely tube-based DAC! It sounds soooooo much better now that there are no solid state components involved at all.
As an extra bonus, it really warms up both my house and my swimming pool in the winter - the only downside is that it takes up all of my garage and needs it's own power substation...
Blessed are you!
Unfortunately my Broskie Unbalancer is just 6"x6" and it is able to heat only the upper floor in the wooden cabinet outside - and not so much. Too bad the room it is in is still so cold! And it draws so much less power than my ss class-T power amplifier, too!
What mistake did i make?
Maybe i was born in the wrong era, when tubes buffers/preamplifiers are no more charcoal stoves? Surely Mr. Broskie's genius is to blame...
Here is the DSP part:
Ah! A dream comes true!
I'm sure all my ss lovers friends will be forced to change their mind after listening to that beauty!
And they will surely put one like that in their DAC chassis...
Anyway, is someone able to answer to my previous questions about output stages?
Thank you, but... where can i find detailed pictures of both DACs? I only can find one pic of 4490 DAC on Jlsounds site, only one side. I can't understand in that photograph if DAC outputs are prepared for an output stage relacement or if i should bypass any opamp... I know 4490 chip has differential outputs, but i would like to avoid taking output from board traces...
More, will output stage on Hummingbird be the same?
http://www.prettygoodsoftware.net/DIY/VeritasFlyer.pdf
http://up.nexthardware.com/user_images/30542/570/Veritas1.jpg
http://up.nexthardware.com/user_images/30542/570/DSC_182211-1.jpg
AK4495 seems better, have more options, indeed designed without compromise..
But, AK4490 is far more flexible for experiments, 'diyfriendly'..
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So in Verita DAC balanced outputs are not affected by opamps. Very good! Those DACs look really promising...
Thank you for the pictures.
Oh, the small chip in the center... traces are not so easy to follow... what a pity!
Then i'll have to take output from AOUT resistors, i guess. There's an easier way?
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