Building the ultimate NOS DAC using TDA1541A

Hello Ceglar.

I don't know if you still read this thread, but if you do (or somebody else knows) - what is the purpose of the 56uF capacitor over the I/V resistor in your schematic?

Vidar

Hi Vidar

This value is actually 56nF from what i can make sense of. 56uF is totally way too high a value to have any practical purpose in this position.

As many of you are probably aware, this cap limits bandwidth into the output stage by providing a low impedance to ground for the fast transient of the square wave coming out of the DAC.
 
Yeah thought it might be a typo. I dont think the value is as important as the temperature coefficient. I think John recommended those MELF resistors at some stage. But you will still get a good result with any resistor type. Im using carbon comps at the moment.
 
right, it is MELF /at least two of them/but 6k6 even thou 😡
 

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Hi Oshifi,

Could you tell us again please the DEM values you use with the 14 decoupling caps unpopulated ?

Your conf is on my listening waiting list as you & John said it adds sweet (at the price of a little loss of precision)...

Thank you for that
 
Hello Ceglar.

I don't know if you still read this thread, but if you do (or somebody else knows) - what is the purpose of the 56uF capacitor over the I/V resistor in your schematic?

Vidar

Hi Vidar,

56nF//R forms low pass filter.. at higher frequencies the cap represents the lowest impedance path to/from signal common whilst the resistor has a fixed impedance (within reason).

Shane.
 
Did you check the waveform with a scope? I don't doubt that 10K works too...

I remember once asking the question how the 6K8 was determined, but unfortunately I got no answer... Your post is a bit of an answer to that question.😉
The waveform is the same as John's in post #5060. My DEM capacitor is 510 pF, the frequency is 172 kHz. My goal was to achive auto-lock to 4x sample frequency, but it did not occur.