Russ White said:Jim.
I have an answer for you that will blow you away.
But it will have to wait.
Suffice it to say, prepare for a step closer to audio nirvana.
Man! Damn NDA.Dustin (and CO) hit a home run as far as I am concerned.
Where am i supposed to watch ?
sure don't want to miss it !!!
my house won't be ready for a few months still neway
Russ White said:Jim.
I have an answer for you that will blow you away.
But it will have to wait.
Suffice it to say, prepare for a step closer to audio nirvana.
Man! Damn NDA.
I feel another chunk of my pension check going into audio gear.
Oh well! Guess I'll eat more beans
the funny thing about this , its ESS who might force Zetex to care about us diyers (atleast i hope so )
http://www.zetex.com/literature/pdf/SCCLZBR2.pdf
http://www.zetex.com/literature/pdf/SCCLZBR2.pdf
Gang,
The Zetex part was shown last year at CES. It is a pretty niffty technology if you are into class d type amps...
On another note AKM released a 32 bit dac as well...AK4390.
Since the new ES9018 is also released as a 64 pin part, I would suspect anyone would be able to say that the pinout is probably the same as the ES9008.
Thanks
Gordon
The Zetex part was shown last year at CES. It is a pretty niffty technology if you are into class d type amps...
On another note AKM released a 32 bit dac as well...AK4390.
Since the new ES9018 is also released as a 64 pin part, I would suspect anyone would be able to say that the pinout is probably the same as the ES9008.
Thanks
Gordon
)Re: Re: Re: Dustin on the radio through Sabre, of course
I don't know if Dustin is still following the forum, he could answer your questions better than I could. I only got a demo of the Sabre8 prototype board, so we didn't get into the specifics that your are asking about.
As far as powering the prototype board, they had a small power supply and jumpered it to the board. Any extra regulation (if any) can be seen on the ESS prototype schematic.
I will be going back to ESS HQ at the end of the month to get a demo of the Sabre32 and A/B compare my Buffalo/IVY system to the Sabre8. They've not had the pleasure of hearing a Buffalo yet. I'll ask them your questions then.
RossG
hirez69 said:
I don't know if Dustin is still following the forum, he could answer your questions better than I could. I only got a demo of the Sabre8 prototype board, so we didn't get into the specifics that your are asking about.
As far as powering the prototype board, they had a small power supply and jumpered it to the board. Any extra regulation (if any) can be seen on the ESS prototype schematic.
I will be going back to ESS HQ at the end of the month to get a demo of the Sabre32 and A/B compare my Buffalo/IVY system to the Sabre8. They've not had the pleasure of hearing a Buffalo yet. I'll ask them your questions then.
RossG
Initial Sabre32 info
Check out the new postings on the ESS web site. You will see initial specs on the Sabre32 DAC, the Sabre32 ADC, and a 32-bit VoIP chip.
www.esstech.com.
RossG
Check out the new postings on the ESS web site. You will see initial specs on the Sabre32 DAC, the Sabre32 ADC, and a 32-bit VoIP chip.
www.esstech.com.
RossG
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Dustin on the radio through Sabre, of course
I've heard that Dustin in Canada has a Buffalo, that's the rumor anyway. The ESS Pres. in Fremont CA, Bob Blair, said he hasn't heard it yet. Just for fun, I was thinking of bringing my Sympatico over too. They are using a Harmon Kardon power amp, nothing fancy, so the Sympatico should sound at least as good.
I have a question about the recent modifications on the Buffalo that I'll ask in the other forum.
RossG
BrianDonegan said:
I've heard that Dustin in Canada has a Buffalo, that's the rumor anyway. The ESS Pres. in Fremont CA, Bob Blair, said he hasn't heard it yet. Just for fun, I was thinking of bringing my Sympatico over too. They are using a Harmon Kardon power amp, nothing fancy, so the Sympatico should sound at least as good.
I have a question about the recent modifications on the Buffalo that I'll ask in the other forum.
RossG
USB for the dummies
A new project with XO on board!!
Please include USB onboard in this new project for the Dummies like me that are now fighting with DAC components, Filterboards etc etc to feed each driver. (and make it balanced if youre at it ).
Cheers
Peter
p.s. Bob... did you receive the parts??
A new project with XO on board!!
Please include USB onboard in this new project for the Dummies like me
that are now fighting with DAC components, Filterboards etc etc to feed each driver. (and make it balanced if youre at it ).Cheers
Peter
p.s. Bob... did you receive the parts??
This is great news! It means I can dedicate the DSP to room correction duties and let the DAC do the basic LPF / HPF stuff.
The volume control works so well on the Sabre that I'm sure the new XO stuff will be well implemented too.
@Russ / Brian - If / when you do start on a Sabre32 board, could you possibly make the eight DAC outputs and all digital inputs accessible? (This would still allow the outputs to be jumpered for the highest quality in stereo.)
I don't know why I put off building this amp for the last few months. It's VERY satisfying to listen to! Every song sounds better, and movies sound so realistic (only 2.1 atm).
I can confirm similar things to what others have said about the Sabre - it does have a long decay time. Maybe it's simply because everything is so well separated now, but individual sounds seem to "hang in the air" for much longer and I can easily discern parts of songs which I never heard before.
The imaging is also spot-on. I can hear the almost "3D" type sound which people described on other systems, but I never quite understood it...
eg. in certain songs, parts of the soundstage sit ABOVE the speakers! This is not simply a phasing thing or "Q-Sound", as I never heard this previously. I also did an A/B test with my old amp, and I could hardly hear the same effect at all. This must have a lot to do with the extreme linearity of the Sabre.
The best thing of all though is the overall balance... Pretty much every song sounds "right" now. The music goes right to the very edge of the dynamics and the brighter parts of songs without going overboard. It's also not fatiguing to listen to and even manages to tighten up the subwoofer response.
I've also have the RevC amps to thank for the dynamics and clarity that I've missed while the amps were sitting on the shelf (waiting for me to drill the new heatsinks.) I'm constantly amazed at how much power these little chips put out. I've never heard any distortion at higher volumes either (unlike every branded amp I've owned previously - we're not exactly talking "audiophile" amps here though.)
OzOnE.
The volume control works so well on the Sabre that I'm sure the new XO stuff will be well implemented too.
@Russ / Brian - If / when you do start on a Sabre32 board, could you possibly make the eight DAC outputs and all digital inputs accessible? (This would still allow the outputs to be jumpered for the highest quality in stereo.)
I don't know why I put off building this amp for the last few months. It's VERY satisfying to listen to! Every song sounds better, and movies sound so realistic (only 2.1 atm).
I can confirm similar things to what others have said about the Sabre - it does have a long decay time. Maybe it's simply because everything is so well separated now, but individual sounds seem to "hang in the air" for much longer and I can easily discern parts of songs which I never heard before.
The imaging is also spot-on. I can hear the almost "3D" type sound which people described on other systems, but I never quite understood it...
eg. in certain songs, parts of the soundstage sit ABOVE the speakers! This is not simply a phasing thing or "Q-Sound", as I never heard this previously. I also did an A/B test with my old amp, and I could hardly hear the same effect at all. This must have a lot to do with the extreme linearity of the Sabre.
The best thing of all though is the overall balance... Pretty much every song sounds "right" now. The music goes right to the very edge of the dynamics and the brighter parts of songs without going overboard. It's also not fatiguing to listen to and even manages to tighten up the subwoofer response.
I've also have the RevC amps to thank for the dynamics and clarity that I've missed while the amps were sitting on the shelf (waiting for me to drill the new heatsinks.) I'm constantly amazed at how much power these little chips put out. I've never heard any distortion at higher volumes either (unlike every branded amp I've owned previously - we're not exactly talking "audiophile" amps here though.)
OzOnE.