Message from @tulio (túlio)

Discord ID: 298160443594244096


2017-04-02 18:19:02 UTC  

i might make a new enclosure and add a potentiometer

2017-04-02 18:19:38 UTC  

I found a toslink DAC on aliexpress, someone said it uses a CS4344 https://www.cirrus.com/products/cs4344-45-48/

2017-04-02 18:19:57 UTC  

I have another question

2017-04-02 18:20:03 UTC  

chip doesnt mean a whole lot

2017-04-02 18:20:07 UTC  

its the implimentation

2017-04-02 18:20:18 UTC  

I see, like cheap components and what not?

2017-04-02 18:20:26 UTC  

for example ESS9018 chips can sound like hot garbage or sound great

2017-04-02 18:20:29 UTC  

eh

2017-04-02 18:20:35 UTC  

just actual electrical design

2017-04-02 18:20:43 UTC  

low cost components just change the accuracy

2017-04-02 18:20:55 UTC  

and reliability

2017-04-02 18:21:01 UTC  

tho cheap transformers can have issues

2017-04-02 18:21:41 UTC  

link me the dac on ali

2017-04-02 18:21:52 UTC  

I linked to an stereo DAC, what happens to the extra channels? do they get mixed together?

2017-04-02 18:22:04 UTC  

where to get the Yeelight lamp? any Xiaomeme sales?

2017-04-02 18:22:11 UTC  

what do you mean extra channels?

2017-04-02 18:22:26 UTC  

5.1, 7.1

2017-04-02 18:22:38 UTC  

you need a different dac for that

2017-04-02 18:22:53 UTC  

only useful for HTPC stuff anyway

2017-04-02 18:22:56 UTC  

no but I want stereo

2017-04-02 18:23:09 UTC  

I can't exactly articulate my question

2017-04-02 18:23:20 UTC  

you mean virtual surround?

2017-04-02 18:24:03 UTC  

yes

2017-04-02 18:24:24 UTC  

thats just software or a different proccesor all together

2017-04-02 18:24:26 UTC  

but what I meant is do the DACs just throw away the extra channels or is it all muxed into stereo

2017-04-02 18:24:43 UTC  

channel mixing is handled by your OS

2017-04-02 18:24:50 UTC  

sound drivers specifically

2017-04-02 18:24:52 UTC  

i need a new cheap amp/dac

2017-04-02 18:24:53 UTC  

mine broke

2017-04-02 18:24:54 UTC  

lol

2017-04-02 18:25:18 UTC  

FX-DAC6 is probably the cheapest you could go

2017-04-02 18:25:27 UTC  

E10k is also pretty cheap now

2017-04-02 18:25:31 UTC  

esp if you buy second hand

2017-04-02 18:25:39 UTC  

ty

2017-04-02 18:25:44 UTC  

dam n55$

2017-04-02 18:25:46 UTC  

lol

2017-04-02 18:26:04 UTC  

cheap PCM2704 dacs work but dont have volume knobs

2017-04-02 18:26:14 UTC  

so you have to control via windows sound

2017-04-02 18:26:37 UTC  

and can have issues for high impedance headphones, or headphones with weird impedance swings

2017-04-02 18:26:46 UTC  

>mfw this whole thing is just above my head

2017-04-02 18:26:50 UTC  

since most operate as true DACs