Totaldac

[vincent_brient]

Hi,
I would like to show you the end of a long project.
I have been working for a very long time now on a R-2R DAC using a Vishay foil resistors and a FPGA. The DAC can also be a 2 way or a 3 way digital active crossover. This web site is the full project presentation.

TOTALDAC board

[IMGDEAD]http://www.totaldac.com/fichiers/TOTALDAC-A3.jpg[/IMGDEAD]

Best regards,

 

[vincent_brient]

Hi,
I have just finished an enclosure for a demo DAC. It will be shipped for listening tests.

[IMGDEAD]http://www.totaldac.com/fichiers/integrationA1_low_cost.jpg[/IMGDEAD]

 

[vincent_brient]

A review is beeing written by 6moons:
6moons audio reviews: TotalDac

And a few weeks ago I compared it to a MSB platinium diamond DAC!

[IMGDEAD]http://www.totaldac.com/fichiers/audio-prestigevintage-zoom.jpg[/IMGDEAD]

 

[vincent_brient]

The 6moons article is online!
6moons audio reviews: TotalDac

 

[Raj1]

Fantastic work Vincent!

 

[tuyen]

Well done Vincent!

Question, do you have any recommendations on devices/modules that can feed from a computer transport to the TotalDac via the SPDIF connection? Any plans to implement some sort of USB/I2S link?

Regards
Tuyen

 

[vincent_brient]

There are so many different USB to spdif or PCI to spdif etc... I use a DIY board using a pcm2902 followed by a analog 2.4GHz video transmitter but it is limited to 48KHz.
I prefer when the spdif generator from a PC is separate because these equipments are rapidly obsolete. I want my DAC to be used even in 20 years.

 

[JoelC]

I recently used Trends Audio UD-01 digital interface and PW-10 (PSU).
It worked more than fine.
I shall try also Oppo BDP-93 connected to my hard disk via SATA. It seems to be a very efficient choice and not such an expensive solution...

 

[Salomon]

Great work, Vincent!

I also love the old Wadia DACs, especially I like the Wadia 27ix
How does the TotalDAC sound compared to a very good Wadia?
I think the Wadia is also a very good choice if don't need more than 96K (only 27ix)
Has anyone compared both devices?

 

[vincent_brient]

Wadia is not often compared to Totaldac.
emmlabs, MSB, DCS, Meitner are more common competitors because there are real digital audio specialists.
I have a few customers who had an old Wadia before and they kept the totaldac after the test period.

the latest Totaldac review is here, by AudioStream:
http://www.audiostream.com/content/totaldac-d1-dual-dac

 

[tiefbassuebertr]

Who have heard this DAC against vintage versions with PCM63 and discrete I/U converter like D1 from PassLabs?
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/digi...sic-pass-labs-d1-ess-dac-177.html#post4049942