Any Friday Hardware Porn for the weekend Mr LakeWest? ...I’d love to see a few angles of those dozen boards, if you have a moment (I have a ‘new hardware fetish’) ;-)
Thanks
Paul
I was quite excited by the discrete DAC version, but the DDA is possibly even more exciting - a better analogue stage is likely to make more improvement to the sound IMHO, given that the 9038PRO is an excellent DAC anyway. And it will be more flexible.
Will the PMD200 still be an option with the DDA? Also, what will the output voltage be? I'm hoping 4V unbalanced.
Ps. I seem to recall the first MDAC2 iteration bein on a black PCB...are you still considering exotic options, or too difficult to see solder points etc?
Hi John,
Great to see such progress being made!
Is it still your intention to produce the FDAC after the MDAC2/DevDAC & DeTox etc.?
Appreciate it's difficult but any ROM on time-scales?
Cheers
Matt
For those of us how have already paid for the streamer, what will the DDA cost?
Production MDAC2 streamer PCB & DevDAC PCB files are now ready for release to production - we will order the bare boards from China on Monday
I discussed this with Jarek - we are not sure...
We believe that the Optimal Transient filter will still sound better then the HDCD filter so wonder what advantage in adding it to the DDA board (The HDCD filter was never about decoding HDCD material)....
The HDCD filter is required on the discrete DAC as it also provides the digital volume control.
I discussed this with Jarek - we are not sure...
We believe that the Optimal Transient filter will still sound better then the HDCD filter so wonder what advantage in adding it to the DDA board (The HDCD filter was never about decoding HDCD material)....
The HDCD filter is required on the discrete DAC as it also provides the digital volume control.
Hi John,
I'm a little confused about the MDAC progress. I'm a Level 2 owner of your perfect modified MDAC. What do I need, what do I have to pay (I already refund 100 Pounds L2 at cost). I like the idea of the streamer because of Tidal Masters streaming. Do I put it in my MDAC maschine I already own? Do I get a new Mdac mainboard, too?
Greeting from Berlin, Christian (00fiete)
John, re the HDCD Filter for the Discrete version, does this rely on NOS components that you have a stock of, or is it something you can source / manufacture? I'm ignorant of what it comprises.