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Who makes the best DIY DAC on the market, preferably with a tube output. I'm considering the forthcoming mk II RAKK DAC but was wondering if there was others in this league (or higher).
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After looking around the answer for me was the Hagerman Chime so I'm building one now.
even the version 1 RAKK dac could easily hold it's own with anything mentioned here so far, I presume the Mk II version will be even more over-the-top. Go for the tentlabs board if there is one, I'd say.the tube version (at least on the 1st iteration of RAKK) really only serves to lower the output impedance I think. so if you can live with a higher output Z, I'd skip the tubes and just go passive output (assuming something similar to what they have now in rakk v1)
something in my system, I hear more of what the RAKK exposes.
I have a Monica2 DAC, but have been quite interested in the development of the Twisted Pear Audio gang ....http://www.twistedpearaudio.com
5 tower dddac?
www.dddac.deno tube output though(no buffer at all),but fab.sounding
the new tentlabs cdp is modular...I think you can purchase the dac module separately. Built around pcm1704, i2s signal, tentclock. looks interesting. not inexpensive though.
Here's one to consider...
The ECdesign is one wild DIY project (NOS DAC based on TDA1541 with tube or op amp output) now available in kit form. Not cheap though.http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=1139183#post1139183
I love my battery powered Monica 2 DAC
with a 12B4 output and Dave's ATVC
Similar to :
http://diyparadise.com/etude.html
(Mine is a little different though -
grid directly coupled to the DAC
and mine is choke loaded)
Or you can use his grounded grid output
http://diyparadise.com/mar06/gg.html
I guess others loved this comboDanL
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