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Hello everybody,
I'd like to invest in a Buffalo DAC for my home setup. i only listen to music from my computer (i'm an it guy); i have an creative x-fi music and an onboard realtek alc888 chip. the creative board has spdif but i need to buy an aditional digital io panel to use that; the motherboard has optical out & coaxial (spdif).
mi target is to use the opticalout from my motherboard to a buffalo dac and from there to a vincent amplifier using balanced cables (and from there to a pair of jamo concert speakers).
i'm not an audio/electrical expert; i'll have a friend help me build the dac.
from what i understand the new buffalo does not require an separate current-to-voltage stage and can accept spdif coax input. is that correct?
if so then the only thing i need to use (buy+build) is a buffalo dac + power supply + optical receiver.
pleease advise me.
thanks!
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Yes, I believe all your assumptions are correct.
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ok, thanks. so i'll need 1 traf, 1 low current power supply, 1 toslink adapter, 1 buffalo dac. two more question. 1. are the above components sensitive to eletrical interference? i just got the ideea of building an home theater pc, and i'm considering putting all the components in one case (if they all fit). http://www.antec.com/Bel...e_it/product.php?id=MzI=an example case. 2. is it a good ideea to use the spdif input of the buffalo dac directly from the toslink adapter, or add the spdif->i2s converter to the mix?
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cata02 wrote:ok, thanks. so i'll need 1 traf, 1 low current power supply, 1 toslink adapter, 1 buffalo dac. two more question. 1. are the above components sensitive to eletrical interference? i just got the ideea of building an home theater pc, and i'm considering putting all the components in one case (if they all fit). http://www.antec.com/Bel...e_it/product.php?id=MzI=an example case. 2. is it a good ideea to use the spdif input of the buffalo dac directly from the toslink adapter, or add the spdif->i2s converter to the mix? You will actually need two transformers and two power supplies. One half of a LCDPS can power the digital section of the DAC, and a LCBPS will power the two analog sections (+-15VDC). Each supply needs it's own transformer. I would feed the Buffalo directly from the Toslink module. I also would not put the DAC in the same case as your computer. Not that the Buffalo is particularly susceptible to noise, but the inside of a computer is particularly noisy.
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