built by Ed Padden - sturdy case - USB and coax SPDIF input. Edcor transformers - $135 shipped CONUS. Paypal only.
bump - $125 shipped for a reasonable taste of transformer coupling tone. Would be easy to run from a 12V battery
Thanks. I’ve been looking for a Soekris, but may check back in a few days if this is still available.
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Well..... it´s obviously "only" a cheap chinese dac kit with half the componets "missing", and signal stolen directly from the dac chip with no filtering.
Also seems like there´s no DC blocking cap´s on the output = DC on the output connectors. Not very smart.
CS4398 DAC DIY Kit with USB Coaxial 32K-192K/24BIT Decoder Supplies Kit AC 15V 648737860711 | eBay
That said, I´ve done the same with top quality passive components though, and pencil tubes and DC blocking cap´s on the output, and even as cheap as this one is, the sound is excellent 🙂
Also seems like there´s no DC blocking cap´s on the output = DC on the output connectors. Not very smart.
CS4398 DAC DIY Kit with USB Coaxial 32K-192K/24BIT Decoder Supplies Kit AC 15V 648737860711 | eBay
That said, I´ve done the same with top quality passive components though, and pencil tubes and DC blocking cap´s on the output, and even as cheap as this one is, the sound is excellent 🙂
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Ed built a series of those DAC - that first picture was from him yesterday.
Here's an old picture of the insides of this particular build with its USB receiver input located through a case side
Here's an old picture of the insides of this particular build with its USB receiver input located through a case side
Not sure, what happened to my eyesight last night...... my bad 🙁
Missed the sep. psu...... of course these are output trannies......
Too late to edit my first post. Sorry.
With those transformers, this seems excellent value for the price 🙂
🙂 I was expecting an answer indicating mysterious backfeeding by dangerous preamplifiers designed by famous designers.
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