dac design

Interior shot of a Schiit Modi 3E DAC.

Everyone, I made a DAC based on my friend's request. The hardware structure is: -Has two AES/EBU inputs, two AES/EBU outputs and a pair of balanced analog stereo outputs. -One way BNC interface WORD COLCK input -An encoder for adjusting parameters -One button for silent mode setting -One...

Hi there, It's been a while since I thought about this, but why aren't DACs tested for their ability to handle inter-sample overs (or ISP, inter-sample peaks) in ASR reviews? Here are some established facts: ISPs are very real, and almost any material that's been released after the 90's can...

Hello everyone, this is my first post here. I've recently put together a project for personal enjoyment which consisted of an ESS DAC chip feeding into a few op-amps. This would then plug into my computer through the help of a TI USB controller, and then into my headphone amp or speaker amp...

I missed this talk at Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF) 2016. Fortunately they just put it online. It is a talk by a team of four on the design of a new Boulder 2120 DAC. It is about an hour long so you may want to speed it up to watch it in less time. It hits on things like atomic clocks...