Zen DAC !?!

Tyimo · 22nd October 2005, 04:16 PM

Mr. Pass, don't you plan to create a DAC in ZEN philosophy-art style?
That would be great and so would be complete the PassDiy audio series!!!
I love PassDiy designs from Xovers and phono preamps to poweramps! Only a good DAC is missing.....

Greets:

Tyimo

Circlomanen · 22nd October 2005, 04:26 PM

I agree with you there Tyimo!

Mr Pass???

steenoe · 22nd October 2005, 05:34 PM

Agreed, a DAC would really be nice

Steen

tschrama · 22nd October 2005, 06:44 PM

agreed, but how about the DIY active cross-over project.... and the DIY active attenuator?

My personal prefference would be the active-attenuator firt, then the active cross-over, then DAC..... but that's just me..

Raoul · 22nd October 2005, 10:31 PM

I think the Pass crossover project was run over by the MOX active crossover. I seem to recall Nelson saying that he was dropping his crossover from the queue. Bummer.

azira · 23rd October 2005, 02:40 AM

A zen dac? Don't be suprised if NP comes back with an R/2R ladder... I've never seen a Pass digital electronics project so I'm not sure you'll ever get this request fufilled properly.
--
Danny

moe29 · 23rd October 2005, 04:14 AM

you can find out why there won't be a crossover project by doing
a little research in the DIY update thread.

Tyimo · 23rd October 2005, 08:05 AM

Imagine!
Non oversampling, Class A-SE converter with so much outpower and impedance that you could connect directly to the Zen amp......
and/or built in active xover, etc......

Tyimo

Raoul · 23rd October 2005, 11:52 AM

Quote:

you can find out why there won't be a crossover project by doing a little research in the DIY update thread

Exactly. Still, It's to bad that we may never get Nelson's keen description of an active crossover. He has a talent for explaining the technical to some of us non-techies. You might have to live on the XVR1 documentation.

The same thing might apply with regards to a DAC. Nelson has previously expressed a lack of interest in a commercial DAC (see his Ferengi quote), and therefore may not have interest in a diy DAC.

Nelson Pass · 23rd October 2005, 07:32 PM

The I/V converter in the PL D1 is my Zen contribution to DACs.
I doubt there will be another in that category.

22nd October 2005, 04:16 PM	#1
Tyimo diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Hungary	Zen DAC !?! Mr. Pass, don't you plan to create a DAC in ZEN philosophy-art style? That would be great and so would be complete the PassDiy audio series!!! I love PassDiy designs from Xovers and phono preamps to poweramps! Only a good DAC is missing..... Greets: Tyimo

22nd October 2005, 04:26 PM	#2
Circlomanen diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Göteborg	I agree with you there Tyimo! Mr Pass??? __________________ We live in a horizontal world, why use vertical topologies???

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22nd October 2005, 05:34 PM	#3
steenoe diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2004	Agreed, a DAC would really be nice Steen

22nd October 2005, 06:44 PM	#4
tschrama diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The Netherlands	agreed, but how about the DIY active cross-over project.... and the DIY active attenuator? My personal prefference would be the active-attenuator firt, then the active cross-over, then DAC..... but that's just me..

22nd October 2005, 10:31 PM	#5
Raoul diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: OR	I think the Pass crossover project was run over by the MOX active crossover. I seem to recall Nelson saying that he was dropping his crossover from the queue. Bummer.

23rd October 2005, 02:40 AM	#6
azira diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Near Seattle	A zen dac? Don't be suprised if NP comes back with an R/2R ladder... I've never seen a Pass digital electronics project so I'm not sure you'll ever get this request fufilled properly. -- Danny

23rd October 2005, 04:14 AM	#7
moe29 diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Florida	you can find out why there won't be a crossover project by doing a little research in the DIY update thread.

23rd October 2005, 08:05 AM	#8
Tyimo diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Hungary	Imagine! Non oversampling, Class A-SE converter with so much outpower and impedance that you could connect directly to the Zen amp...... and/or built in active xover, etc...... Tyimo

23rd October 2005, 07:32 PM	#10
Nelson Pass The one and only Join Date: Mar 2001	The I/V converter in the PL D1 is my Zen contribution to DACs. I doubt there will be another in that category.

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