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#1 Posted : 9 years ago
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Hi

Just placed an order for a Buffalo IIIse. Feels like christmas!:)

I will be posting as the project progress and advice and input is always welcome.
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Can't wait to hear how you like it.

Take your time. Enjoy the ride.

Cheers!
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#3 Posted : 9 years ago
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My package arrived today!

Here's what was in it:

Buffalo IIIse
Legato
Amanero USB receiver
Placid HD and Placid HD BP + power transformers


Buffalo IIIse
Buffalo IIIse


Legato
Legato


Amanero
Amanero USB


Placid HD
Placid HD


Placid HD BP
Placid HD BP


Power transformers and mount
Power transformers
Power transformer mount



Starting on the placids now:)

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#4 Posted : 9 years ago
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All parts for Placid HD

Placid HD Parts
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Let the fun begin!
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This Amanero kit is slightly atypical...

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Since he is going straight to the Buffalo, I flashed it appropriately and included a 6-pin connector and wire for routing the I2S to the Buffalo from the Amanero header.
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#7 Posted : 9 years ago
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Very much appreciated!

I might need some help down the road figuring out the pins.
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#8 Posted : 9 years ago
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Placid HD assembled

I really like the numbered parts system. Simple and straight-forward.

Placid HD
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All parts for Placid HD BP

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Placid HD BP assembled

Really happy with how it turned out. Learned a lot from doing the Placid HD first.

Placid HD BP

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All parts for Legato

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Legato assembled

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Parts for Buffalo IIIse

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Buffalo IIIse assembled

Buffalo

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Buffalo IIIse mounted on Legato. I had to trim down some of the soldering on the Buffalo for the two boards to fit nicely. Now it looks great:)

Buffalo and Legato

Buffalo and Legato
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Manged to fry my Placid HD BP by putting my multimeter where it shouldnt be. Epic frustration!

New one on order and moving forward with making a platform for my test rig.
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#17 Posted : 9 years ago
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Got the new Placid HD BP yesterday and spent the day putting together a first go at the fully assembled dac.

It all works!:) And sounds fantastic!:)

Tuning the Legato is a very exact process and took a lot of time.


First go at assembly
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Hi fernfrost,

Nice to see you sharing your project like this!
Have good fun with it!

Grtz,

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#20 Posted : 9 years ago
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Have been test running the dac with SE outputs and it has been working really well.

Wanted to hook up my new mono blocks using balanced outputs and got really scared when there was no sound.
Posted a question about it : http://twistedpearaudio.com/forum/yaf_postst3740_No-sound-on-balanced-output.aspx

Some investigation later I found out that I need to add coupling capacitors.
Good read on this forum: http://twistedpearaudio.com/forum/yaf_postst2867_Legato-3-1-and-Ncore-issue--coupling-caps-or-other-solutions.aspx
Did a quick test with some 4,7 uF I had available and got the sound working. Phew!

There is a prominent buzzing sound that I am convinced is a grounding problem. Will move all components into real chassis and hoping that a more permanent installation will get rid of this problem.

Any and all input when it comes to coupling capacitors is highly welcome.
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