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Offline earwaxxer

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Reply #105 on: August 22, 2013, 03:01:54 PM
Quote from: Doc B. on August 13, 2013, 12:46:35 PM
It's a DAC, not a player. It has USB and SPDIF inputs. You would need a Squeezebox or Alix box or an old Mac Mini or other inexpensive player that is ethernet/wifi capable to run into the DAC via USB or coax/TOSLINK.

So its going to be network, USB, and SPDIF?!

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Reply #106 on: August 22, 2013, 03:24:25 PM
No, just USB and SPDIF.


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Reply #107 on: August 22, 2013, 05:02:48 PM
Maybe a question already answered: will it play DSD files native (either ASIO or DoP)?

Best,
John
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Reply #108 on: August 22, 2013, 05:06:05 PM
John,... one step at a time!

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Reply #109 on: August 22, 2013, 05:09:15 PM
...says Mr. "So it will be network compatible?"

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Reply #110 on: August 22, 2013, 05:10:27 PM
I was just askin! - cuz I was cornfused!

Eric
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Reply #111 on: August 22, 2013, 05:13:02 PM
Quit huffing flux fumes, and things will be much clearer...  ;D


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Reply #112 on: August 22, 2013, 05:22:51 PM
Oops...I know, I know.  Sorry.  Perhaps we could start a thread on "What I Want In A DAC?" and all post a never ending set of wishes, each more detailed and hypothetical than the last?   ;)  J/K

Best,
John

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Reply #113 on: August 22, 2013, 07:01:17 PM
Quote from: InfernoSTi on August 22, 2013, 05:22:51 PM
Oops...I know, I know.  Sorry.  Perhaps we could start a thread on "What I Want In A DAC?" and all post a never ending set of wishes, each more detailed and hypothetical than the last?   ;)  J/K

Best,
John

Oh lets, Ill start. How about soon ;).

 For the last few years, I have resisted buying more than a few commercial DAC's, thinking Ill wait for the Bottlehead DAC.

In the mean time I have made due with an assortment of kits and other bits, from eBay and wherever.

Learning to solder insanely small pitch SMD chips.

Ripping out op amps and kludge in, entirely the wrong line transformer, that happened to be on hand.

Recognizing the tacked on "tube" stage from, negative supply for grid bias, direct coupled...

hmm, might have another look at that.

I am having no fun at all and am not learning a thing so hurry up...John  8)             

John S.

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Reply #114 on: August 23, 2013, 12:12:52 AM
The problem with that is what you want and what you will pay for are different things.


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Reply #115 on: August 23, 2013, 01:22:23 AM
PS "J/K" means "joke" in case there is any worry that I was being serious....my apologies stand and are extended just in case!

John

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Reply #116 on: August 23, 2013, 11:54:20 AM
I'm a computer cripple.  I absolutely refuse to text.  If you want to converse with me, call!


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Reply #117 on: August 23, 2013, 06:08:34 PM
To all you waiting patiently (?) here is a quick update:
both USB and S/PDIF are working very well. The USB is working up to 384, but the S/PDIF at the moment is only going up to 96. I plan on it going to up to 192, but it will take a little bit of work to make that happen.

The sound quality is absolutely amazing, right now I'm listening to it with external software upsampling to 352 with my custom filter paramters, the results get sent to the DAC chip with it's own internal filter turned off so its just my filter in the path. This is a whole new realm of experience. I'm listening to an album I've had for 20 years and am hearing things I have never heard before! It is stunning.

My next task is to get that filter working inside the DAC so you can use it with any input/sample rate.

As to the question of DSD, no it does not do DSD. The recent resurrection of DSD has come about during the development of this DAC, so it was not part of the specification.

I HAVE built a really good DSD DAC, and have been comparing the two and I can say that the BH DAC with my custom filter sounds very similar to the really good DSD DAC.

I have been coming up with a scheme to add the DSD output DAC to the aux connector, so there MIGHT be a DSD add on board later on.

I'm really hoping to get the prototype to Doc very soon.

John S.

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Reply #118 on: August 23, 2013, 06:16:10 PM
That answers it! John is for real! Thats the SHIT! (spelled the way it sounds)

Eric
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Reply #119 on: August 23, 2013, 07:48:25 PM
Thank you, John S, for that VERY exciting update! 

Best,
John

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Hawthorne Audio AMT K2 Reference Speakers
Paramount 300B w/MQ All Nickel Iron,  Mundorf S/G 5.5 uF,  and  Vcap Teflon .1 uF
Auralic Taurus Preamp/Auralic Vega DAC/Auralic Aries Streamer
and lots of room treatments!

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