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The craziest DAC ever #9038AP with distortions analyzer onboard.

EchoChamber

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currently, we work with the software for 9038AP. According to the optimistic scenario release date next month, realistic September, pessimistic - this year.
@IVX I’d be interested in trying this design in my different setups... please keep us up to date on your efforts. Are you planning to contain the PCB in a box, or will it be strictly DIY?
 
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I like to offer that as PCBA to keep low cost and less problem to me, as I doing all things by myself excluding iOS/Android code.
PS: The new exciting numbers of 9038AP ;) My AP analyzer guaranty only 117.5db SINAD or -117.5db THD+N.
however, if I overload a little my AP analyzer to use 5VRMS range at 5.8VRMS, the minimum reading THD+N becomes less than -120db. As you can see the curve is quite linear and has no any additional corners, hence, the THD+N reading is still accurate.
I'm sure 9038AP with single DAC config has SINAD range 120..122db. BTW, that's slightly lower than ES9038Q2M datasheet promised.
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I like to offer that as PCBA to keep low cost and less problem to me, as I doing all things by myself excluding iOS/Android code.
PS: The new exciting numbers of 9038AP ;) My AP analyzer guaranty only 117.5db SINAD or -117.5db THD+N.
however, if I overload a little my AP analyzer to use 5VRMS range at 5.8VRMS, the minimum reading THD+N becomes less than -120db. As you can see the curve is quite linear and has no any additional corners, hence, the THD+N reading is still accurate.
I'm sure 9038AP with single DAC config has SINAD range 120..122db. BTW, that's slightly lower than ES9038Q2M datasheet promised.
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Impressive numbers. I’m cool with DIY, I’ve just became a little lazy with time..., but I’ll figure out a small case for it if you’re able to produce the PCB.
 
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I like to offer that as PCBA to keep low cost and less problem to me, as I doing all things by myself excluding iOS/Android code.
PS: The new exciting numbers of 9038AP ;) My AP analyzer guaranty only 117.5db SINAD or -117.5db THD+N.
however, if I overload a little my AP analyzer to use 5VRMS range at 5.8VRMS, the minimum reading THD+N becomes less than -120db. As you can see the curve is quite linear and has no any additional corners, hence, the THD+N reading is still accurate.
I'm sure 9038AP with single DAC config has SINAD range 120..122db. BTW, that's slightly lower than ES9038Q2M datasheet promised.
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does it have xlr outputs as lineout?
 
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Some update here, 9038AP DUAL DAC tested. As expected, SNR and Dynamic Range improved for 3db(129db(A)), hence, THD+N aka SINAD reading also improved(120db vs 122db).
THD+N vs level sweep with different MCLK, blue - 25MHz, red - 50MHz(remember the ESS hump?).
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AES17 Dynamic Range 129.5db(A)
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1kHz 0dbfs FFT
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Oh, I forgot to mention, the first plot THD+N vs Level was performed with an additional high-resolution preamp with an analog notch filter(the noise-limited THD+N level -125db i.e. even AP sys1 can see precisely THD+N 0.000055%). MY AP SYS2522, if I lucky with the voltage range, does correctly see THD+N levels near to -120db but seems at the least bits of its resolution and I can't see .00007% or .00006% but only .00008% and next .00005% next .00000% or like that. With the new preamp, I can surely see down to .00005% range.
 

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@IVX so you can reduce harmonic distortion with dsp? I'm interested in evaluating HD effects on perceived sound quality, so I would need to add some distortion, preferably frequency dependantly. Can you share how you (un)do harmonic distortion with dsp? I got miniDSP SHD and also Equalizer APO, where I can use PEQ or feed co-efficients and some other filters.
 

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@IVX so you can reduce harmonic distortion with dsp? I'm interested in evaluating HD effects on perceived sound quality, so I would need to add some distortion, preferably frequency dependantly. Can you share how you (un)do harmonic distortion with dsp? I got miniDSP SHD and also Equalizer APO, where I can use PEQ or feed co-efficients and some other filters.
@pkane may have something for you
 
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