Audio Alchemy Dac Man

Alex Marx · 20th April 2003, 08:18 AM

A quick questions or two...

A friend gave me an Audio Alchemy DAC MAN with "if it works and you want it, make me an offer..."

Does anyone know anything about this DAC and what it may be worth?

Also, it came without a power supply. The power connector seems to be a stereo mini-plug, so I imagine that there were 2 voltages with a common ground. Does anyone know anything about the power supply?

Thanks for the help...

<A>

joensd · 20th April 2003, 10:53 AM

Quote:

A friend gave me an Audio Alchemy DAC MAN with "if it works and you want it, make me an offer..."

Tell him it doesn´t work but you still want it.

Sorry, don´t know about the DAC.

Jens

tone · 20th April 2003, 08:50 PM

hi Alex,

i used to own a AA dac-in-the box..it has CS8412 & AD1865 dac in it. change the opamp and build a better power supply..u will be surprise!! or take out the DIR & DAC and build a external non-osampling AD1865 dac!! like AudioNote

tone · 20th April 2003, 08:51 PM

hi Alex,

i used to own a AA dac-in-the box..it has CS8412 & AD1865 dac in it. change the opamp and build a better power supply..u will be surprise!! or take out the DIR & DAC and build a external non-osampling AD1865 dac!! something like AudioNote NOS DAC.

enjoy.!!

tone.

Alex Marx · 21st April 2003, 04:14 AM

Jens.

I would love to "keep" it but he's too smart to be fooled that easily!

Tone,

I can do the tweaks once I get it up and running, if it works. I still need to know what the power supply voltages are though!

Thanks...

Peter Daniel · 21st April 2003, 05:24 AM

I still have a Dac In a Box, although I never tried to run it. I'll post a pic tomorrow and I think it operates on a single 12V supply.

tone · 21st April 2003, 05:35 AM

Alex:

>+-12 raw power supply..the dac has 2 x 7805 regulator & 2 x 7905 regulator.

peter:any news for the AD dac chip?

tone.

rfbrw · 21st April 2003, 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Alex Marx
A quick questions or two...

A friend gave me an Audio Alchemy DAC MAN with "if it works and you want it, make me an offer..."

Does anyone know anything about this DAC and what it may be worth?

Also, it came without a power supply. The power connector seems to be a stereo mini-plug, so I imagine that there were 2 voltages with a common ground. Does anyone know anything about the power supply?

Thanks for the help...

<A>

IIRC, it uses the CS8412 and the 8pin CS4330. Sorry, don't know what it is worth.

ray.

Peter Daniel · 22nd April 2003, 04:28 AM

Here's Dac in the Box.

rfbrw · 22nd April 2003, 07:24 AM

The DAC-MAN.

20th April 2003, 08:18 AM	#1
Alex Marx diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: NewYawkSity	Audio Alchemy Dac Man A quick questions or two... A friend gave me an Audio Alchemy DAC MAN with "if it works and you want it, make me an offer..." Does anyone know anything about this DAC and what it may be worth? Also, it came without a power supply. The power connector seems to be a stereo mini-plug, so I imagine that there were 2 voltages with a common ground. Does anyone know anything about the power supply? Thanks for the help... <A> __________________ <A> www.alexmarx.com

20th April 2003, 08:50 PM	#3
tone diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Malaysia	dac man hi Alex, i used to own a AA dac-in-the box..it has CS8412 & AD1865 dac in it. change the opamp and build a better power supply..u will be surprise!! or take out the DIR & DAC and build a external non-osampling AD1865 dac!! like AudioNote

20th April 2003, 08:51 PM	#4
tone diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Malaysia	dac man hi Alex, i used to own a AA dac-in-the box..it has CS8412 & AD1865 dac in it. change the opamp and build a better power supply..u will be surprise!! or take out the DIR & DAC and build a external non-osampling AD1865 dac!! something like AudioNote NOS DAC. enjoy.!! tone.

21st April 2003, 04:14 AM	#5
Alex Marx diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: NewYawkSity	Jens. I would love to "keep" it but he's too smart to be fooled that easily! Tone, I can do the tweaks once I get it up and running, if it works. I still need to know what the power supply voltages are though! Thanks... __________________ <A> www.alexmarx.com

21st April 2003, 05:24 AM	#6
Peter Daniel diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada	I still have a Dac In a Box, although I never tried to run it. I'll post a pic tomorrow and I think it operates on a single 12V supply. __________________ www.audiosector.com “Do something really well. See how much time it takes. It might be a product, a work of art, who knows? Then give it away cheaply, just because you feel that it should not cost so much, even if it took a lot of time and expensive materials to make it.” - JC


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21st April 2003, 05:35 AM	#7
tone diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Malaysia	DITB Alex: >+-12 raw power supply..the dac has 2 x 7805 regulator & 2 x 7905 regulator. peter:any news for the AD dac chip? tone.

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