Crystal Evaluation Boards

Oz_Audio · 16th February 2002, 04:48 AM

Does anyone know where I could buy a Crystal or B Brown 24 bit evaluation boards?

Freddie · 16th February 2002, 09:20 AM

Check for distributors on www.crystal.com, and www.burrbrown.com.

I think you can buy directly from Crystal, and BurrBrown too. At least if you have a company.

/Freddie

tschrama · 16th February 2002, 10:04 AM

Cannot recommend it.... I have a 24bit crystal eval board.. but the 16bit performance it not very good.. it doesn;t sound special in any way... the board look good, with good ouput opamps.. but it's no fun to use them... and pretty expensive ...

I'm building my own 24bit DAC.. cheaper and more flexible in design.. and most of all .. more fun to do... It's a project of www.sound.au.com.. take a look at the digital forum..

succes,
THijs

Petter · 16th February 2002, 06:43 PM

I have the Analog Devices EVAL AD-1853EB evaluation board. I quite like it. I believe you will find that most manufacturers base just about every aspect of their 1853 design on the eval board except that they try to differentiate somewhat in analog filter + possibly power supply.

I am quite happy with mine. It does good duty being more or less built into my 12 year old CD player (which I am also quite happy with).

In my experience, I have way better sound than most of my friends from my humble setup.

Whether the Crystal boards are crap or not -- I have no idea. My guess though is that how you deal with the power supply will make a difference.

Petter

tiroth · 17th February 2002, 03:19 PM

Nuhorizons sells some of the Crystal eval boards.

16th February 2002, 04:48 AM	#1
Oz_Audio diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cairns, Australia	Crystal Evaluation Boards Does anyone know where I could buy a Crystal or B Brown 24 bit evaluation boards?

16th February 2002, 06:43 PM	#4
Petter diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Scandinavia	Analog devices board I have the Analog Devices EVAL AD-1853EB evaluation board. I quite like it. I believe you will find that most manufacturers base just about every aspect of their 1853 design on the eval board except that they try to differentiate somewhat in analog filter + possibly power supply. I am quite happy with mine. It does good duty being more or less built into my 12 year old CD player (which I am also quite happy with). In my experience, I have way better sound than most of my friends from my humble setup. Whether the Crystal boards are crap or not -- I have no idea. My guess though is that how you deal with the power supply will make a difference. Petter

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16th February 2002, 09:20 AM	#2
Freddie diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Sweden	Check for distributors on www.crystal.com, and www.burrbrown.com. I think you can buy directly from Crystal, and BurrBrown too. At least if you have a company. /Freddie

16th February 2002, 10:04 AM	#3
tschrama diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The Netherlands	Cannot recommend it.... I have a 24bit crystal eval board.. but the 16bit performance it not very good.. it doesn;t sound special in any way... the board look good, with good ouput opamps.. but it's no fun to use them... and pretty expensive ... I'm building my own 24bit DAC.. cheaper and more flexible in design.. and most of all .. more fun to do... It's a project of www.sound.au.com.. take a look at the digital forum.. succes, THijs

17th February 2002, 03:19 PM	#5
tiroth diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA	Nuhorizons sells some of the Crystal eval boards.