Newbie Needs Help - Buffalo 32S

[hallcon83]

Hi Guys, I could really use some help - I need someone with some expierance to take me under his wing , I have a Buffalo 32S board and I have a question . I have looked at the Buffalo threads and they are very long and confusing for a newbie .... can I add a tube output to my " Buffalo 32S " - or is that hard to do and - or a compromise ??? Should I try to sell it and buy the New model to more easily add a tube stage output - - - I would like it to have a tube stage output - similar to what lampizator descibed. THANK YOU for any help, dean - hallcon83

[qusp]

i would not bother trying to make it work with the 32s, it has an onboard opamp based IV stage, so while you could conceivably disable it and hack the board to tap the signal;, it seems like a lot of wasted effort to me, if you are willing to buy the new board, thats what i would do. well i wouldnt add a tube IV stage, but thats just me =) i like solid state and tubes are hard work with sabre imo, its difficult to present a low enough input impedance to get good performance ie. current mode is near impossible to achieve.

i would do some research here before implementing anything from the lampizator as well.... dont get me started on that subject

[hallcon83]

Thank you for your help !!! Have you heard it? - What do you think of the Buffalo 32S ??? I am a little lost ... I want to build the best DAC for the buck I can ... and thought this would be the way to go ... what is the best you have heard or built??? what would you recomend? _ THANK YOU for your input!, dean