I've been reading about R2R ladder DACs recently. Looking around it seems like there are little on the market. I've been using this forum for valve amps and wondered if there was anything that the DIY community could provide for coming up with either a kit, BoM for a kit, or a commercial product for someone that wants to step out of the standard sigma-delta DACs that are common in the sub-$1000 range. Ideally I would like to have a nice R2R NOS DAC.
I have a nice EL34 valve amp that I have paired with 2 3-way bookshelf speakers. I use a JDS Labs Element as the DAC right now. I really want to place a nicer DAC in the chain so I can move the Element back to its duties as a DAC and headphone amp at my desktop. Ideally I want to go a bit beyond the current capabilities of the Element as I intend to replace the EL34 with a 300B SET amp in the near future.
Thoughts and suggestions for a post Christmas purchase!
I have a nice EL34 valve amp that I have paired with 2 3-way bookshelf speakers. I use a JDS Labs Element as the DAC right now. I really want to place a nicer DAC in the chain so I can move the Element back to its duties as a DAC and headphone amp at my desktop. Ideally I want to go a bit beyond the current capabilities of the Element as I intend to replace the EL34 with a 300B SET amp in the near future.
Thoughts and suggestions for a post Christmas purchase!