I have a Sony receiver with Dolby digital. I was considering removing the power amp, cleaning up the power supply, and building in 5+1 channels of zen balanced line stage, or something similar. Has anyone here tried something like this? Is this idea even worth considering? Seems like it could work. Then I would just build a decent 5 channel amp to go with it. Any thoughts on this idea?
This sounds like a good idea!
If you feel like you could even replace the internal DACs, add a low jitter clock or add async reclocking to get even better results.
If you feel like you could even replace the internal DACs, add a low jitter clock or add async reclocking to get even better results.
Should work out fine. I suspect you may find a lot of functions are integrated into one board, but you can always just cut the traces to the power-amp section if necessary and cram everything in.
Implementing the bal line stage internally means you can also omit all the input protection components without fear.
Implementing the bal line stage internally means you can also omit all the input protection components without fear.
I think this decoder costs less than $100 US. Ive been thinking about this or one of a few similar devices marketed for desktop computing as the decoder for a similar project.
http://www.videologic.com/Products/Product.asp?Product=VL-60510
http://www.videologic.com/Products/Product.asp?Product=VL-60510
Here is a photo:
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
Tiroth,
I figured I would have to create some new take-off points on the boards, as integrated as everything is. Input protection may have to stay, as I plan to implement at least 1 or 2 input as "direct" , bypassing all the nasty Sony processing.
Da5id4Vz,
That's kind of neat... may be a better way to go.
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I figured I would have to create some new take-off points on the boards, as integrated as everything is. Input protection may have to stay, as I plan to implement at least 1 or 2 input as "direct" , bypassing all the nasty Sony processing.
Da5id4Vz,
That's kind of neat... may be a better way to go.
_ns
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