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#1 hifimediy "direct out" DAC: cs4398

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:40 pm
by bostod
Has anyone been tempted to try this. for the price it looks interesting and they have a good pedigree for making excellent tripath 2050 amp kits.
I must say I am tempted to buy one after Christmas to compare to the Ebay Dac

#2

Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:52 pm
by andrew Ivimey
And where do these thingamejigs come from?

#3

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 1:14 pm
by bostod
andrew Ivimey wrote:And where do these thingamejigs come from?
http://hifimediy.com/

the cheap and cheerful land of China.

#4 Cheap sabre dac

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:01 am
by bostod
I have recently bought one of these cheap sabre DAC's from hifimediy.
http://hifimediy.com/index.php?route=pr ... duct_id=87

It has been developed with the help of a thread on diyaudio.
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/digital- ... b-dac.html

I must say for the price it does sound very good indeed.I bought the matching power supply for convenience.I have done comparison with a Beresford bushmaster DAC and it compares favourably. I'm guessing with a better power supply this will get even better

#5

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 3:58 pm
by Mike H
Ooo interesting. With the PSU box this is now looking like a complete set.

#6

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:07 pm
by Neal
Another one worth considering is this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hi-Fi-CM6631- ... 2c6e2966a9

USB is async capable. Can be powered from the USB or separate supply. No volume control, headphone output and you will still need a DAC but as an interface converter it works very well.

#7

Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:11 pm
by Neal