wm8740

takashi · 8th December 2002, 05:11 AM

do any one have experiences in using the dac chips of "Wolfson Microelectronics "?
for example, WM8740, it has 117db SNR, 24bit 192kHz...
can anyone share the experiences ?
thanks

takashi · 10th December 2002, 01:33 AM

have any one try?

peranders · 10th December 2002, 09:03 AM

I heard some rumour that Wolfson is inside X-box but I have never heard of Wolfson in any high-end.

I have 2 samples, thought they were cool but cooler chips have arrived...

janneman · 10th December 2002, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by peranders
[snip]I have 2 samples, thought they were cool but cooler chips have arrived...

Must be getting winter in your part of the world..

Jan Didden

peranders · 10th December 2002, 09:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by janneman
Must be getting winter in your part of the world..

OK, I thought they was hot but hotter chips.... Wrong of me

weissi · 10th December 2002, 06:42 PM

hmm,a month ago I ordered samples of the WM8716, it´s pin compatible to the PCM1716, but they didn´t arrived yet....

puppyslugg · 26th February 2003, 07:52 AM

Hi weissi,

Did you ever get the wm8716?

weissi · 1st March 2003, 12:55 AM

yes, now i got them..... but I haven´t used them anyway - no time for this things yet..... I am still on the search for an "easy to mod" soundcard where I may replace the onboard dac with them....

Elso Kwak · 24th May 2003, 12:04 PM

Hi,
While at my dealers showroom I stumbled upon a Arcam CD33 FMJ series Up-sampling CD player. It uses the Wolfson WM8740 DAC. Arcam apparently gave up the ring DAC.
The DAC chip is available from Wolfsons website for $ 8. Funny to see pricing in $$ instead of GBP's or Euro's on a UK based company's website.

Anyone has a listening experience with this DAC???
http://www.wolfsonmicro.com/

mrfeedback · 25th May 2003, 09:15 AM

A while back, I did some improvements to a cheap (AUS$200) DVD player that used WM8746 DACs.
With good supply bypassing, the results were quite outstanding, and better than most CD players.
For the money, these chips work very well indeed.

Eric.

8th December 2002, 05:11 AM	#1
takashi diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: somewhere	wm8740 do any one have experiences in using the dac chips of "Wolfson Microelectronics "? for example, WM8740, it has 117db SNR, 24bit 192kHz... can anyone share the experiences ? thanks

10th December 2002, 09:03 AM	#3
peranders Electrons are yellow and more is better! diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Göteborg, Sweden Blog Entries: 4	I heard some rumour that Wolfson is inside X-box but I have never heard of Wolfson in any high-end. I have 2 samples, thought they were cool but cooler chips have arrived... __________________ /Per-Anders (my first name) or P-A as my friends call me

10th December 2002, 06:42 PM	#6
weissi diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Austria	hmm,a month ago I ordered samples of the WM8716, it´s pin compatible to the PCM1716, but they didn´t arrived yet.... __________________ regards / servus

1st March 2003, 12:55 AM	#8
weissi diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Austria	yes, now i got them..... but I haven´t used them anyway - no time for this things yet..... I am still on the search for an "easy to mod" soundcard where I may replace the onboard dac with them.... __________________ regards / servus

24th May 2003, 12:04 PM	#9
Elso Kwak Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Zamboanga, City of Flowers, Mindanao	Wolfson WM8740 DAC Hi, While at my dealers showroom I stumbled upon a Arcam CD33 FMJ series Up-sampling CD player. It uses the Wolfson WM8740 DAC. Arcam apparently gave up the ring DAC. The DAC chip is available from Wolfsons website for $ 8. Funny to see pricing in $$ instead of GBP's or Euro's on a UK based company's website. Anyone has a listening experience with this DAC??? http://www.wolfsonmicro.com/


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10th December 2002, 01:33 AM	#2
takashi diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: somewhere	have any one try?

26th February 2003, 07:52 AM	#7
puppyslugg diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2002	Hi weissi, Did you ever get the wm8716?

25th May 2003, 09:15 AM	#10
mrfeedback diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Perth, Australia.	I Reckon They Are Good. A while back, I did some improvements to a cheap (AUS$200) DVD player that used WM8746 DACs. With good supply bypassing, the results were quite outstanding, and better than most CD players. For the money, these chips work very well indeed. Eric. __________________ I believe not to believe in any fixed belief system.

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