Experience with this DIY DAC ?

[McGyver]

There's datasheet:

http://monacor.djshop.pl/_monacor//p...FLE/LTR110.pdf

Specifications are outstanding.

[danrap]

This seems to be a bargain to mod this dac!

sorry for the stupid question, but after stealing signal from dac board, which are the pins in Monacor to use for input
(dac-->trannies) and which for output (trannies--->rca sockets)??

Is there any other suitable tranny here?

http://www.hammondmfg.com/5caud.htm

[Havoc08]

Thx mcgyver. The monacor is also generally available compared to some of the more exotic items.

Could you compare the monacor mod to the stock DAC, tubed DAC and/or other tranny solutions?

[data]

Hay, Bill
Yeah, survived the trip just fine, great packaging by the way, thanks

Enjoying the music now...must try using the Marantz amp again.

[piero7]

Originally posted by danrap


Is there any other suitable tranny here?

http://www.hammondmfg.com/5caud.htm

give a look to this here: 560G

[danrap]

thanks a lot, Piero

[McGyver]

Originally posted by Havoc08
Thx mcgyver. The monacor is also generally available compared to some of the more exotic items.

Could you compare the monacor mod to the stock DAC, tubed DAC and/or other tranny solutions?

Stock DAC is dry and synthetic, although has good, strong and controlled bass.

Monacor trannies gives amazing naturality, a lot of fine details, deep and wide space, precise instrument placing on a stage, with exact shapes and edges, and especially with very natural acoustic aura wchich gives the feeling of "being there".

[akirilov]

Originally posted by danrap


Hi McCrackers, thank for the reply (and thanks to Piero 7 too )
I don't want to do the "transformer thing" because it cost too much for me.
Do you think that the "only one opamp thing" http://lampizator.eu/LAMPIZATOR/LAMP...lampucera.html

is it possible on the cs4398 version of this board too?
I have a dual burson discrete opamp and I'm happy if I could to use in this dac..

Thank you so much,
Dan

Sound of the schematics on Cirius Logic Application Note 48 is very clear.
The original schematic on this dac have some problems on high frequencies - look Post #229.
For calculate LPF with another capacitors is possible use Post #943

[danrap]

Originally posted by piero7


I'm using the digitec trannies. No resistor on primary just 680R on secondary and I'm quite happy.

how many watts? 1/2W? carbon film like a Kiwane or metal film?

thank you again..

akirilov, thank you so much! I really appreciated..

[shuggi67]

Whats a good site to purchase the monacors, ? also whats the +dB response.

Cheers