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AK4490 USB Dac with dsd support.

So, i've read the 85 pages during the past day....it was a lot of reading but now i'm confused. Just because i'm a newbie in the diy audio. My question is, if i buy the dac with the discrete, can i connect directly to any amp? what are my limitations? for now i can only buy the dac with discrete, and later the preamp. And if i want to connect my cd player to the dac? isn't a optical connection needed? I assume the new dac will have this...or i am just confused. Thank you, and sorry for my english.

Fantastic Work Sonnya. Congrats
 
Hi to everyone, i'm finally listening to the dac, what a beautiful sound, greatly better than my old cd transport+dac ( Nortstar 192 ).
The only problem is that the output are inverted, the lef channel connector is in reality the right channel, is it normal or just mine???
A question, is it possible to drive an headphone directly from from the dac output or do i need an amplifier?
 
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Hi, i repeat my answers:

- the output are inverted, the lef channel connector is in reality the right channel, is it normal or just mine?

- is it possible to drive an headphone directly from the dac output or do i need an amplifier?

Hi factory2nd,

It is only inverted on the opamp output module I believe and this can be corrected in software. Just swap the cables inside the chassis, no one but you will notice.. 😀

Did you update to the latest firmware? Maybe it is already fixed in there.

Ciao!
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So, i've read the 85 pages during the past day....it was a lot of reading but now i'm confused. Just because i'm a newbie in the diy audio. My question is, if i buy the dac with the discrete, can i connect directly to any amp? what are my limitations? for now i can only buy the dac with discrete, and later the preamp. And if i want to connect my cd player to the dac? isn't a optical connection needed? I assume the new dac will have this...or i am just confused. Thank you, and sorry for my english.

Fantastic Work Sonnya. Congrats

I Know i am a newbbie but can anyone explain! Thank you!