Hi all,
My idea is to build an integrated amplifier with these main components:
- Arylic board
- I2S Dac (TDA1545A?)
- PreAmp Korg Nutube B1 (kit)
- TPA3255
I completely a newbie so I need your expert advice.
I want connect the arylic board via i2s to the DAC, and the output of the DAC to the preamp.
I found this DAC kit:
TDA1545A R2R nonoversampling NOS Audio DAC with FIFO reclock - DIYINHK
Is it a good one? I could have an high quality sound with it? Or could be better buy this one?
768kHz/32Bit AK4493EQ DAC, I2S/DSD input - DIYINHK
COuld this project have a HIGH QUALITY overall sound? Actually I own a Denon AVR 3500. Could my project be better in term of sound quality vs my AVR?
The review on Audiosciencereview.com on Denon 3500 is really poor about DAC. One of these 2 boards could sound better of it?
Denon AVR-X3500H AVR Review | Audio Science Review (ASR) Forum
I have found some articles that show that a board with 2 or 4 TDA1545A could be better as well. There is any ready to buy kit for this kind of DAC? I don't really want to spend more than 50/60euro for the DAC part... could be enough to have an high quality sound?
Thank you
Regards
My idea is to build an integrated amplifier with these main components:
- Arylic board
- I2S Dac (TDA1545A?)
- PreAmp Korg Nutube B1 (kit)
- TPA3255
I completely a newbie so I need your expert advice.
I want connect the arylic board via i2s to the DAC, and the output of the DAC to the preamp.
I found this DAC kit:
TDA1545A R2R nonoversampling NOS Audio DAC with FIFO reclock - DIYINHK
Is it a good one? I could have an high quality sound with it? Or could be better buy this one?
768kHz/32Bit AK4493EQ DAC, I2S/DSD input - DIYINHK
COuld this project have a HIGH QUALITY overall sound? Actually I own a Denon AVR 3500. Could my project be better in term of sound quality vs my AVR?
The review on Audiosciencereview.com on Denon 3500 is really poor about DAC. One of these 2 boards could sound better of it?
Denon AVR-X3500H AVR Review | Audio Science Review (ASR) Forum
I have found some articles that show that a board with 2 or 4 TDA1545A could be better as well. There is any ready to buy kit for this kind of DAC? I don't really want to spend more than 50/60euro for the DAC part... could be enough to have an high quality sound?
Thank you
Regards
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Hi,
it's difficult to answer to the last answer and it is about own subjective tastes. As high end sound, hard to say what is high end sound... two musicians are sometimes disagreing !
Two dacs should simply sounds different because their topology.
In your shematic you could give up the preamp and look for a AK44... family with 32 bits and volume control and feed directly the little D amp.
So I will say the second option but with no guaranty it will be better than your device made by a good brand already.
it's difficult to answer to the last answer and it is about own subjective tastes. As high end sound, hard to say what is high end sound... two musicians are sometimes disagreing !
Two dacs should simply sounds different because their topology.
In your shematic you could give up the preamp and look for a AK44... family with 32 bits and volume control and feed directly the little D amp.
So I will say the second option but with no guaranty it will be better than your device made by a good brand already.
Thank you for your answer.
So do you think that a setup like this (DAC - preamp - amp) is doesn't provide better performance than my DENON?
In therory, based on the amp datasheet, and on the comments about the preamp, should be far superior... it isn't?
So do you think that a setup like this (DAC - preamp - amp) is doesn't provide better performance than my DENON?
In therory, based on the amp datasheet, and on the comments about the preamp, should be far superior... it isn't?