Digital output for Studer A725

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It is a fairly major task to add a SPDIF transmitter to the SAA70x0 chipsets.The feed to the SAA7030 from the SAA7000 is simultaneous and in offset binary format and as such it is easier to connect the TDA1541.To connect an SPDIF transmitter would require merging the left and right datastreams into a single serial datastream and conversion to two's complement. This would require a few TTL packages or a small CPLD.
 
I wouldn't have thought there was much of a market for such a device. The old TDA1540 based dac are a dying breed and I can't see hordes of audiophiles roaming the countryside hunting down CD104's. Still, it would be an interesting diversion,even if only to see how these old machines fare as transports.
 
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