Hallo world,
it is possible to make a stand alone DAC from a PC audio card who have SPDIF I/O ?
Thank you in advance.
it is possible to make a stand alone DAC from a PC audio card who have SPDIF I/O ?
Thank you in advance.
Since nobody else has answered, why not? Even mounted inside the computer chassis, it's basically a stand-alone module.
Hello
The dac of a PC card needs some init at power up, then in stand alone, it will be very difficult to intialize it.
Philippe
The dac of a PC card needs some init at power up, then in stand alone, it will be very difficult to intialize it.
Philippe
I would say yes, you could probably do this, but it will be a serious pain. First off, most soundcards use an integrated chipset to handle S/PDIF encoding/decoding before sending it to the DAC. Second, most cards now have the dacs integrated into the chipset.
These chipsets are usually meant to work with drivers on a PCI bus. I think you're better off going with one of the many other DAC kits out there rather than trying to mess with a soundcard.
On the other hand, a lot of folks do use soundcards with S/PDIF outs as transports in their system. This usually goes to an external DAC. Many people report great results with this type of setup.
Good luck!
These chipsets are usually meant to work with drivers on a PCI bus. I think you're better off going with one of the many other DAC kits out there rather than trying to mess with a soundcard.
On the other hand, a lot of folks do use soundcards with S/PDIF outs as transports in their system. This usually goes to an external DAC. Many people report great results with this type of setup.
Good luck!
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