Has anyone come across or bought one of these yet?
hifidiy.net USB Tube DAC
Specs are as follows:
DAC: PCM1798
USB Receiver: PCM2707
OP-AMPS:
NE5532
OPA604
3PPM master clock
with an option of adding a tube buffer to the output stage.
They do a lower spec version of the kit, which has lower spec discrete components and a more jittery clock. That version is listed on the US site at $90
here.
I think it all came to around £70 and I had to order it through their US agent (which meant the price went up a bit). It should hopefully be turning up soon and I was wondering if anyone else had done one, if I get stuck?
Annoyingly the kit does not feature any sort of S/PDIF in, there are only S/PDIF outputs. I plan to surgically implant a CS8416 to feed into the I2S bus from the existing USB receiver. Also if I can get it to work, an upsampling CS8421 ASRC (I can't seem to get this part to do anything with my TDA1543 as a prototype yet though).
hifidiy.net USB Tube DAC
Specs are as follows:
DAC: PCM1798
USB Receiver: PCM2707
OP-AMPS:
NE5532
OPA604
3PPM master clock
with an option of adding a tube buffer to the output stage.
They do a lower spec version of the kit, which has lower spec discrete components and a more jittery clock. That version is listed on the US site at $90
here.
I think it all came to around £70 and I had to order it through their US agent (which meant the price went up a bit). It should hopefully be turning up soon and I was wondering if anyone else had done one, if I get stuck?
Annoyingly the kit does not feature any sort of S/PDIF in, there are only S/PDIF outputs. I plan to surgically implant a CS8416 to feed into the I2S bus from the existing USB receiver. Also if I can get it to work, an upsampling CS8421 ASRC (I can't seem to get this part to do anything with my TDA1543 as a prototype yet though).