Best single-chip USB DAC?

Spasticteapot · 7th February 2007, 03:35 AM

I'd like to build a very simple DAC to be used as an improvement to my cruddy onboard audio. I'm not a world-class SMD soldering expert, but I think I could manager a single IC.

This will be in a "flash drive" form factor - in other words, I'm putting it in the enclosure of a dead flash drive, with a USB connector on one end and a headphone jack on the other.

sek · 7th February 2007, 03:38 AM

Texas Instruments PCM2700 or PCM2900, whichever you prefer.

Can be found in any low cost USB DAC.

Cheers.

planet10 · 7th February 2007, 06:33 AM

I can't actually make out the numbers on the DAC chip -- the red spotch doesn't help...

dave

naz · 7th February 2007, 07:12 AM

I have DAC using a PCM2702E and it's decent I think.

7th February 2007, 03:35 AM	#1
Spasticteapot diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wisconsin....what did you expect?	Best single-chip USB DAC? I'd like to build a very simple DAC to be used as an improvement to my cruddy onboard audio. I'm not a world-class SMD soldering expert, but I think I could manager a single IC. This will be in a "flash drive" form factor - in other words, I'm putting it in the enclosure of a dead flash drive, with a USB connector on one end and a headphone jack on the other.

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7th February 2007, 03:38 AM	#2
sek diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Berlin	Texas Instruments PCM2700 or PCM2900, whichever you prefer. Can be found in any low cost USB DAC. Cheers.

7th February 2007, 07:12 AM	#4
naz diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Seattle Washington	I have DAC using a PCM2702E and it's decent I think.

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