Diy Dac

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Finished this a couple of months ago. It's built on an old WAD 6550 chassis. The designs are at:

http://members.chello.nl/~m.heijlige...tml/dactop.htm

and a kit of the hard to get parts like the PCM, VCXO and the digital PCB are available from:

http://www.tentlabs.com/Products/Com...DAC/index.html

I had to design and etch my own double sided output board to fit the valves into the 6550 chassis but everything worked first time and it sounds fab. I had been using a Rega Jupiter but the external DAC is a definite improvement. Everything much clearer and the music rocks. I can recommend this to anyone although I have not been able to compare it to any other designs yet. I estimate it cost me about £400 including valves with the custom HT TX being the most expensive item with the Audio note caps and tant resistors coming in a close second. The components from Tent labs were very reasonable £160.