Or get a cheap Marantz or Philips cd player of *bay with the TDA 1541 chip.
Plenty of them around and you have the waranty that they are original ones.
Ric
Plenty of them around and you have the waranty that they are original ones.
Ric
Looks like that's the route I'll take.
Have two marantz at home, cd-50 and cd-60(undergoing modifications), I'll see if I can bring my self to cannibalize the cd-50. Otherwise I'll get a few other players using thoose IC's.
Got a Squeezebox Classic for just shipping cost (about £6) from a very generous member on a swedish forum. This will handle PC audio alone until this dac is done. Then it'll be pc - SB - dac - amp.
Is there audible benefits to be had connecting the SB with eth-cable rather than using wireless?
Got the Squeezebox today 🙂
Also I traded some pio caps and a tripath amp for two marantz cd-75 mkII.
One of which will be donating the TDA1541A and SAA7220P/B for this dac-project.
He also said he'd throw in some suitable tubes in case I want to use a tube output on the dac or one of the cd-players.
Also I traded some pio caps and a tripath amp for two marantz cd-75 mkII.
One of which will be donating the TDA1541A and SAA7220P/B for this dac-project.
He also said he'd throw in some suitable tubes in case I want to use a tube output on the dac or one of the cd-players.
Not mine, but mine is identical.
Actually sounds better than I thought without external DAC.
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Actually sounds better than I thought without external DAC.
Got this from ebay before I knew about the fakes. What do you think guys? Got it from seller diyaudiokit.
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Can I use Nichicon 10000uF/63V KG(M) gold tune here?
Got 4 of these laying around.
This is the DEM cap, I guess I'm better of using 122pf 1% Silver mica that'll result in a lock?
Here I could use 3% 10uF axial MKP's right?
Also I want to put in better diodes.
I was thinking about BYV27-200, BYV95A or are there better options?
I've used MUR860 in the past, but they are very expensive, except from hongkong/china and those are marked U860, not MUR860.
I was thinking about BYV27-200, BYV95A or are there better options?
I've used MUR860 in the past, but they are very expensive, except from hongkong/china and those are marked U860, not MUR860.
I'm almost certain I'll get the same Clock I bought for the cd-60 for this dac as the Clock provides both 11.2896Mhz and /2 ( for tda1541a).
Will this be fixed by advanced DEM re-clocking? Pics borrowed from Andrew, though I am responsible for whited out areas.
...answered on other thread....yes ?
You got too many projects going on at once !!
Guess what ?....so do I !!
I'm also working on a valve buffered Gainclone...another Alpha CD Player complete rebuild and......another Alpha 5.
My psychiatrist thinks it's good for me.......( that's a joke btw )
Haven't seen him for years
You got too many projects going on at once !!
Guess what ?....so do I !!
I'm also working on a valve buffered Gainclone...another Alpha CD Player complete rebuild and......another Alpha 5.
My psychiatrist thinks it's good for me.......( that's a joke btw )
Haven't seen him for years
Got the PCB today, seems to be very high quality...thick and rather heavy. Not like the Philips pcb in the cd-60.
You could - it would work. But the available current is way beyond what's called for. As a result of being over-sized for the job its going to be rather prone to mains-borne interference.🙁