Just a note of caution for anyone purchasing Daniel's board from Mini Dsp. I ordered one 6 weeks ago. Mini dsp could not fill the order. They handed the shipping off to Daniel and the end result is I never received the board. Cancelled the order yesterday and PayPal is trying to retrieve my payment. SO, bottom line is Daniel's board might be great, but fulfillment is a train wreck. Buyer beware.
Sorry to hear that and may be that was due to some matching issue and heard from Daniel that it has been resolved and production resumed. I placed order on 19th and received my board on the 22nd without any problem, may be quicker since I also live in HK. I hooked it up to the Amanero Combo348 and pogoplug, everything working fine on first shot. Good sound stage and sounded very detail and quiet, will let it burn in for few more days. I feel this 40$ is well spent. Also thanks for Daniel's nice work.
I can fully understand you're worrying about the DAC not yet beeing delivered!
However just want to mention that the DAC was already shipped on Nov. 5th, just one day after I was asked to do so!
According to the tracking it is currently (since Nov. 8th) still beeing processed by the US customs. Not sure why it takes so long as the customs declaration was clear and identical to others that have been delivered much faster.
The order came in one day before miniDSP decided to stop shipping due to DC offset issue. As soon miniDSP realized it would take some more time to fix the issue they asked me to ship one board which I offered them before.
Now the matching procedure has been adjusted and the DC offset test is integrated into the QC test routine that every single board goes through. Boards are on stock and will be delivered within a few days.
I am really sorry that some customers had to wait quite long or had some DC offset problems however please do not generalize this. All customers that received one board from the first batch will get a new (second 😉) board when they get in tough with miniDSP. I wouldn't call this bad service...
regards, Daniel
Without signal, right- 0.004 left-0.003 V
While playing, right- 0.008 - 0.01 left-0.006-0.09 V
Hi there curryman! I just wanted to ask if you are going to organize a groupbuy for the german folks.
Thank you very much in advance. My amanero and my Dockstar are waiting for a good companion! ;-)
Thank you in advance!
Ron
Thank you very much in advance. My amanero and my Dockstar are waiting for a good companion! ;-)
Thank you in advance!
Ron
Update. Both Daniel and miniDSP went to great lengths to remedy the acquisition and shipping issues for the Curryman DAC board I ordered. Could not have asked for a better, more responsive resolution. All is well.
Follow up: Daniel and miniDSP took great efforts to resolve my problems with acquiring a Curryman DAC board. Could not have asked for a more attentive resolution. All is well and I encourage folks to acquire the Curryman DAC and enjoy Daniel's work.
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Although I'm in Spain of course 😉 Still works out better.
Generally speaking, are there more DACs soon?
Group buy
Dear all,
I have been asked by several persons about a potential curryman DAC group buy for Germany/Europe. To be honest I currently don't have the time needed to organize such a group buy, however according to my latest information DACs are on stock and maybe someone else wants to organize a group buy 😉
I could help out regarding the communication with miniDSP.
kind regards, Daniel
Dear all,
I have been asked by several persons about a potential curryman DAC group buy for Germany/Europe. To be honest I currently don't have the time needed to organize such a group buy, however according to my latest information DACs are on stock and maybe someone else wants to organize a group buy 😉
I could help out regarding the communication with miniDSP.
kind regards, Daniel
I think I would do that, because I am so desperate! 😀, but I am busy with exams till beginning of february.
But before I am considering to initiate the GB I need some informations regarding parts like Transformers and PSUs you would recommend and maybe other parts which would be good to get for connecting it to eg. a Amanero Board.
Dont nail me on that. I ve done some big GBs and they are a lot of work and are consuming a lot of free time. Need to see how big this will be. When I am not getting a different I2S DAC till mid Feb then the curryman DAC should be my choice!
I will contact you Daniel for further informations.
So, happy new year to ya all and keep the fingers crossed. If someone is going to organize the GB beforehand I'll not have anything against it! 🙂 ..
Thanks and greetings from Tschöhrmäni!
Ron
But before I am considering to initiate the GB I need some informations regarding parts like Transformers and PSUs you would recommend and maybe other parts which would be good to get for connecting it to eg. a Amanero Board.
Dont nail me on that. I ve done some big GBs and they are a lot of work and are consuming a lot of free time. Need to see how big this will be. When I am not getting a different I2S DAC till mid Feb then the curryman DAC should be my choice!
I will contact you Daniel for further informations.
So, happy new year to ya all and keep the fingers crossed. If someone is going to organize the GB beforehand I'll not have anything against it! 🙂 ..
Thanks and greetings from Tschöhrmäni!
Ron
If anyone is interested, these are now back in stock at MiniDSP.
Unfortunately Spain is not the greatest place to organise a GB from as postal costs are relatively high and the service can be unpredictable.
Unfortunately Spain is not the greatest place to organise a GB from as postal costs are relatively high and the service can be unpredictable.
I've been told that audiophonics.fr in France would sell it soon. No info on the price yet but shipping should be more interesting (and mostly avoid customs fees issues in the EU). They already have a lot of the minidsp line , usually at about 1$=1€ costs (or a bit less).
Hi Daniel, hope you don't mind me asking this here...
Your miniSharc add-on board, do you have any news regarding potential on-sale date? Don't know what your plans for the board are, bare-board only or fully built & sold through miniDSP?
Looking forward to finding out more.
Regards,
Paul
Your miniSharc add-on board, do you have any news regarding potential on-sale date? Don't know what your plans for the board are, bare-board only or fully built & sold through miniDSP?
Looking forward to finding out more.
Regards,
Paul
Hi there. curryman and I are organizing a groupbuy.
Here is the Link to the GB - Thread. Its for European folks only!
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/group-buys/253124-gb-currymandac-psu-boards.html
greetings
Ron
Here is the Link to the GB - Thread. Its for European folks only!
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/group-buys/253124-gb-currymandac-psu-boards.html
greetings
Ron
Hi Paul,
I just ordered some protoboards for first tests. I expect to get them within the next week. When they work fine they will be tested by miniDSP, however currently there are no concrete plans about miniDSP selling those boards.
I can provide some bare boards (ordered 10 pcs.) to interested people (they should be able to hand solder TSSOP + 0603 SMP parts 😉).
kind regards, Daniel
I just ordered some protoboards for first tests. I expect to get them within the next week. When they work fine they will be tested by miniDSP, however currently there are no concrete plans about miniDSP selling those boards.
I can provide some bare boards (ordered 10 pcs.) to interested people (they should be able to hand solder TSSOP + 0603 SMP parts 😉).
kind regards, Daniel
For anyone interested I've just hooked up one of these DAC boards to the I2S output from a Raspberry Pi running Volumio and it works like a charm.
Sounds great on first listen, I'll be doing a proper comparison with my existing DAC at the weekend.
Cheers
Simon
Sounds great on first listen, I'll be doing a proper comparison with my existing DAC at the weekend.
Cheers
Simon
Yes, this combi works really well. Would you mind posting some pictures of your setup?
BTW: I made a small adapter board for the RPi with isolated I2S outputs (U.FL and pin header). Gonna receive and test the board within the next two weeks 🙂
@all: I have a few ES9013 ICs left. If anyone needs an IC just send me a PN.
kind regards, Daniel
BTW: I made a small adapter board for the RPi with isolated I2S outputs (U.FL and pin header). Gonna receive and test the board within the next two weeks 🙂
@all: I have a few ES9013 ICs left. If anyone needs an IC just send me a PN.
kind regards, Daniel
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