Hi all
I want to build a DAC that use the CS8422 receiver with 24/192 capability and asynchronous upsampling. The dac chip may be Crystal or AKM
I dont understand why this receiver chip seems not so popular in DIY project. I think it has great potential for high quality sound.
Why? because I have a QUAD cdp with dac function that has cs8420 and cs4398. It sound really good but not capable of 192khz and I don't want to modify it. I rather play with a kit and do some tweak.
I have compared the QUAD cdp with some sophisticated DAC but the QUAD outperform them in term of the analog sounding. I believe this is be cause of the asych upsampling by cs8420. The Quad souds good with any sources (very good jitter rejection)
The other DAC that I compared to include Hegel HD20 and Gold Note DAC 7. both of these are 24/192. The hegel has very high specification as advertised. the GN DAC has XMOS USB receiver which sounded much better than its spdif input but still not comparable with the QUAD for analog sounding over normal spdif signal from an airport express.
The Quad's DAC section is simple. no fancy low noi reg. Stereophile report very good measurement.
SO I believe cs8422 should be better. I have found one chinese kit with cs8422 in asych mode but I don't like the pcb layout.
Question: is there any high quality diy project with cs8422 receiver?
I want to build a DAC that use the CS8422 receiver with 24/192 capability and asynchronous upsampling. The dac chip may be Crystal or AKM
I dont understand why this receiver chip seems not so popular in DIY project. I think it has great potential for high quality sound.
Why? because I have a QUAD cdp with dac function that has cs8420 and cs4398. It sound really good but not capable of 192khz and I don't want to modify it. I rather play with a kit and do some tweak.
I have compared the QUAD cdp with some sophisticated DAC but the QUAD outperform them in term of the analog sounding. I believe this is be cause of the asych upsampling by cs8420. The Quad souds good with any sources (very good jitter rejection)
The other DAC that I compared to include Hegel HD20 and Gold Note DAC 7. both of these are 24/192. The hegel has very high specification as advertised. the GN DAC has XMOS USB receiver which sounded much better than its spdif input but still not comparable with the QUAD for analog sounding over normal spdif signal from an airport express.
The Quad's DAC section is simple. no fancy low noi reg. Stereophile report very good measurement.
SO I believe cs8422 should be better. I have found one chinese kit with cs8422 in asych mode but I don't like the pcb layout.
Question: is there any high quality diy project with cs8422 receiver?