Does anyone know where to get a PCB for a TDA1541A DAC project?? I can do the assembly, but would prefer to leave the board design to someone with more experience with DACs.
Thanks 🙂
Thanks 🙂
Curcio has one, but it is a lot more than just the 1541. There's an opamp IV and output stage, and servo circuit for the output stage. - pat
tubesguy and Scott
tubesguy: I came accross the Curcio board searching the web. Looks like a decent design, but I want to go with a true tubed output rather than a JFET tube buffered design. Might be worthwhile to use the PCB for power and DAC with a seperate board for the output?? Thanks for the reply 🙂
Scott: I bought one of your DACKITs preassembled a few months back when I was still living on Guam. Been looking at the tubed output with T's sinc filter lately, but my DACKIT is still on a ship somewhere out in the Pacific Ocean so I'll probably wait till it gets here for the output project.
Good news about the 1541A board... I've been hoarding some S1 chips recently. Up to 6 so far 🙂 Been thinking about a crazy DIY Zanden style mega parallel 1541a setup. Too dang expensive though!!!
Keep us posted on the PCB. I'll definitely be ordering a few 🙂
Any idea on the design yet?? Send a private mail if you don't want to "go public" just yet.
THanks to both of you 🙂
tubesguy: I came accross the Curcio board searching the web. Looks like a decent design, but I want to go with a true tubed output rather than a JFET tube buffered design. Might be worthwhile to use the PCB for power and DAC with a seperate board for the output?? Thanks for the reply 🙂
Scott: I bought one of your DACKITs preassembled a few months back when I was still living on Guam. Been looking at the tubed output with T's sinc filter lately, but my DACKIT is still on a ship somewhere out in the Pacific Ocean so I'll probably wait till it gets here for the output project.
Good news about the 1541A board... I've been hoarding some S1 chips recently. Up to 6 so far 🙂 Been thinking about a crazy DIY Zanden style mega parallel 1541a setup. Too dang expensive though!!!
Keep us posted on the PCB. I'll definitely be ordering a few 🙂
Any idea on the design yet?? Send a private mail if you don't want to "go public" just yet.
THanks to both of you 🙂
It appears that it is not absolutely necessary to use conventional pcb methods for making acceptable dacs. (I didn't - but I my setup is low-budget rather than high-end). There is advice on alternative approaches at http://www.tnt-audio.com subtitled "how to get rid of printed circuit boards".
Hi,
Does anyone know where to get a PCB for a TDA1541A DAC project?? I can do the assembly, but would prefer to leave the board design to someone with more experience with DACs.
I would STRONGLY suggest against using PCB's. I have experiemnted myself and I find PCB's to rather reliably give a strong sonic degradation. This is worst for Fiberglass PCB's, less so for the brown pertinax PCB material and least but still notable for PTFE, when compared to hardwiring.
I figure this is the result of a combination of microphonics and the hygroscopic behaviour of the PCB Material. But basically and in short, in the interest of sund quality - avoid PCB's like a Vampire avoids Garlic, Crosses and Stakes.
Simply take a nice slab of copper, glue the chips on there "dead bug" style (legs up) and hardwire...
Sayonara
Does anyone know where to get a PCB for a TDA1541A DAC project?? I can do the assembly, but would prefer to leave the board design to someone with more experience with DACs.
I would STRONGLY suggest against using PCB's. I have experiemnted myself and I find PCB's to rather reliably give a strong sonic degradation. This is worst for Fiberglass PCB's, less so for the brown pertinax PCB material and least but still notable for PTFE, when compared to hardwiring.
I figure this is the result of a combination of microphonics and the hygroscopic behaviour of the PCB Material. But basically and in short, in the interest of sund quality - avoid PCB's like a Vampire avoids Garlic, Crosses and Stakes.
Simply take a nice slab of copper, glue the chips on there "dead bug" style (legs up) and hardwire...
Sayonara
Re: Re: PCB for TDA1541A DAC Project
How do you think chips secured by soldering their legs on Veroboard pads - then legs and components connected by hardwiring would work out?
Argo
Kuei Yang Wang said:
How do you think chips secured by soldering their legs on Veroboard pads - then legs and components connected by hardwiring would work out?
Argo
Dead bugs!!
Ahhhh, thanks for the advice. I knew a tech who used to do his hardwire dead bug style. Never knew why he did it that way.... but now I do. Very interesting idea. I'll give it a try 🙂
Thanks
Ahhhh, thanks for the advice. I knew a tech who used to do his hardwire dead bug style. Never knew why he did it that way.... but now I do. Very interesting idea. I'll give it a try 🙂
Thanks
Dear TV man,
this is the tube buffer test print of the twins TDA1541a version II pcb.
This new PCB was added battery bias for 6C45/6Dj8 SRPP tube buffer. Also one more socket was added about for it. It is in Tube rectifier place. Then this pcb can use ez80,81.we412a & 6x4 tube.
thx
thomas
this is the tube buffer test print of the twins TDA1541a version II pcb.
This new PCB was added battery bias for 6C45/6Dj8 SRPP tube buffer. Also one more socket was added about for it. It is in Tube rectifier place. Then this pcb can use ez80,81.we412a & 6x4 tube.
thx
thomas
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An example of this approacz was presented here: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22733&highlight=
It's actually pretty simple 😉
BTW, the TDA1541 kit offered by tube lover is very good.
Kuei Yang Wang said:
An example of this approacz was presented here: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22733&highlight=
It's actually pretty simple 😉
BTW, the TDA1541 kit offered by tube lover is very good.
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Guys,
Pedja Rogic has a very nice board for sale. He is very fair to deal with and is a gentleman. I have nothing but praise for the way he dealt with me. I ordered 2 boards, one for myself and another for my friend. My friend has completed his project and having heard the same, I must say that the sound can only be described as glorious. Very natural and unforced. Check out his website at
http://users.verat.net/~pedjarogic/audio/index.html
Pedja Rogic has a very nice board for sale. He is very fair to deal with and is a gentleman. I have nothing but praise for the way he dealt with me. I ordered 2 boards, one for myself and another for my friend. My friend has completed his project and having heard the same, I must say that the sound can only be described as glorious. Very natural and unforced. Check out his website at
http://users.verat.net/~pedjarogic/audio/index.html
Dear peter,
thanks for your comment. I think in DIY DAC world U had moreexperience & higher skill than me.
thx
thomas
thanks for your comment. I think in DIY DAC world U had moreexperience & higher skill than me.
thx
thomas
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