JohnW
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Will the M-DAC2 support 24bit/192Khz in windows?
Yes - via an open source Asio driver
Will the M-DAC2 support 24bit/192Khz in windows?
For those of you who are on the wiki list for a new condition salvaged unit - could you please state wither you require a silver or black unit (if you have not already done so).
Hi Lean - indeed
BTW, your arrived in the UK last week - so hopefully its should be on its way over to you
You'd be crazy to buy a replacement MDAC - presuming the fault is on the mainboard this 'issue' can be sidestepped by replacing with a MDAC2 PCB... Your DAC worked for over 6 months or so hopefully even if I cannot find the root cause it will be good for another 6 more months until MDAC2 PCB start shipping.
John,
I forgot to mention, that I more than likely will not be going the MDAC2 route, unfortunately, so hopefully my Sovereigned MDAC will work for many years to come after you've had a chance to do some surgery on it
Just hoping the fault will present itself on your testbed.
/Jannik
Project roadmap
Before presenting the planned project schedule, it is important to stress that any timeframes given are only our best estimates and cannot be relied upon completely. We are undertaking development of the very best DAC possible and that is the primary goal which necessarily takes precedence to meeting any self-inflicted deadlines. After all what good is a DAC delivered on time, but knowingly crippled? That said, lets look at the milestones and projected timeframes and the related installment payment schedule.
Stage 1 (First £100 installment)
Beginning of September 13 Official start of the project.
End of September 13 Completed circuit design and simulations of new analogue stage and power supply circuitry.
Beginning of October 13 Start of prototype PCB layout to verify the newly developed analogue and PSU circuits.
End of October 13 Prototype PCB design finished and manufacturing data issued to PCB vendor.
Stage 2 (Second £100 installment)
Middle of November 13 Prototype PCB built, tested and qualified on the bench, starting design of the MDAC2 mainboard.
End of January 14 MDAC2 mainboard design finished and manufacturing data issued to PCB vendor.
Stage 3 (Third £100 installment)
End of February 14 MDAC2 mainboard prototype built, tested and qualified
Stage 4 The final stage Production unit cost £150 ~ £200 + optional Vishay Z-foil resistors + shipping etc.
Beginning of March 14 placing orders for production quantities of material. Owners of Level 2 upgraded MDACs only get to pay the final installment that covers the production and shipping costs of the new Mainboard
End of March 14 first MDAC2 mainboards coming off the production line
Hi John,
your project roadmap is very hardware related. Don't you need some time to modify the software and to write the firmware for the FPGA?
Fridi
Jannik,
I'll try to get your unit back out on Monday - if the fault reoccurs once we have started upgrading MDAC2 units we can always swap your board out with one of the exchanged MDAC pcb's.
Thank you for your reply, John. That could be an option if my dac keeps misbehaving.
Will the return costs be the same as last time and still the same paypal address?
/Jannik
John ,
Thought I,d mention that I,ve never tried my headphone jack , but plan to, on its return with my newly purchased akg headphones, so if you have the chance , could you check that it functions.
Cheers
John, can you put a link to http://mdac2.lakewestaudio.com/ in your sig if possible? It's many pages back already, I'm going to bookmark it for future reference.
seems like quite a number have people have already sent funds for the first payment. John, can you let us know when we reach the magic '50' as I seem to remember this was the number that had to commit to make this project viable.
If it's the Easter Bunny delivering the goodies rather than Santa ship the MDAC2's with a cadbury's cream egg - that'll be a pleasant surprise for non Brits
Hi John,
I completed first installment.
But!!!!!!
I'd forgotten to write my PM name, real name and address on PayPal 'Review your information' !