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From: Blind Hog on 18 Nov 2005 14:54 kludge(a)panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote in news:dljh1a$lga$1(a)panix2.panix.com: > I think the Entec units are pretty underrated, and while they are > discontinued they sell on the used market for next to nothing. I > think they'll give the Benchmark a run for its money for under $200 > used. Ya got me, Scott. I can find no reference anywhere in rec.audio.pro or any relevant Google or EBay searches for Entec DAC. Is there a model number? > I still think the older Krell unit isn't bad either. It used the old > Burr-Brown PCM 63, which was probably the last generation of ladder > DAC chips. I think it's also very underpriced for what you get. Where can I find a description of ladder DAC chips?
From: Blind Hog on 18 Nov 2005 14:55 "John L Rice" <Drummer(a)ImJohn.com> wrote in news:11nqosukol0i23c(a)corp.supernews.com: > Lavry Engineering introduces DA10, a new stand alone stereo digital to > analog converter. The half rack unit can receive AES or SPDIF digital > audio on XLR, RCA and optical link. > The DA provides three Clock modes. The preferred modes are CrystalLock > T and Narrow Lock modes, but the unit also offers a Wide lock mode > based on an internal Sample rate conversion for listening at non > standard sampling rates. > > The level of the analog outputs (balanced or unbalanced) is controlled > by an up-down switch and a 2 digit display. The "potentiometer free" > discrete analog attenuator provides up to 60dB very high precision > volume control in 1 dB steps. > > A state of the art discrete headphone driver is capable of > accommodating at ease even the lowest impedance headphones. The unit > includes a polarity switch, and a Stereo-Mono switch, a feature aimed > at mastering studios. The combination of features and reputation looks promising. I'll keep an eye out for it in December.
From: Scott Dorsey on 18 Nov 2005 15:13 Blind Hog <blind_hog(a)acorn.com> wrote: >kludge(a)panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote in >news:dljh1a$lga$1(a)panix2.panix.com: > >> I think the Entec units are pretty underrated, and while they are >> discontinued they sell on the used market for next to nothing. I >> think they'll give the Benchmark a run for its money for under $200 >> used. > >Ya got me, Scott. I can find no reference anywhere in rec.audio.pro or any >relevant Google or EBay searches for Entec DAC. Is there a model number? I spelled it wrong. Entech 203.2 and the Entech 205.2 are the beasts. >> I still think the older Krell unit isn't bad either. It used the old >> Burr-Brown PCM 63, which was probably the last generation of ladder >> DAC chips. I think it's also very underpriced for what you get. > >Where can I find a description of ladder DAC chips? http://www.e-insite.net/index.asp?layout=article&articleId=CA224083&title=Search+Results&publication=e-insite&webzine=e-insite&verticalID=156 and look at what they call a "parallel flash converter" which is the simplest design using a resistive ladder. Analog Devices used to have a freebie book about converters which was a great introduction to how the various configurations worked, but I can't find it on the AD website. I think my copy is dated 1980 or so. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
From: Jonny Durango on 21 Nov 2005 03:11 Carey Carlan wrote: > I'm in the market for a DAC. David Allen Coe? I don't think he's for sale...sorry Jonny Durango
From: Mike Rivers on 21 Nov 2005 07:49
Jonny Durango wrote: > Carey Carlan wrote: > > I'm in the market for a DAC. > > David Allen Coe? I don't think he's for sale...sorry It's actually a new kind of microphone - Dual Aperture Condenser |