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Head-Fi - Alien DAC Construction Thread
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I realize that now. It was just that I was testing out the DAC with headphones just to see if I built the DAC properly and happened to notice that the output was distorted at higher volumes. For anyone who soldered the 2702 chip the wrong way stupidly like me on one of their boards, is it possible to desolder the chip and solder it back in the correct way? If so,…
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I have the same problem as well. I thought it was a bad cap or something, but since you guys have the same problems, it may just be that headphones can't be driven directly off the DAC.
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Thanks for the response . I'll definitely give those a try.
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I'm about to purchase all the parts for (4) Alien DACs. What would be the best quality cap for CL/CR with a reasonable price at digikey or mouser? I'm considering buying Averovox AFPS caps since they're a good price and got good ratings from http://ecp.cc/cap-notes.html.
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ahh ok, I understand now. Thanks for answering my questions.
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ahhh.. ok. I guess I'll give the DAC a try with and without an amp and see how much of a difference there is. As for CL/CR, it isn't necessary if an amp isn't used correct?
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I have a couple CMoy amps already, but that means I would have to add a BUF634 since the CMoy has a virtual ground circuit correct? I'm trying to keep this as portable as possible since I would plan to use one of the four I'm building with my laptop, since my laptop's sound card is literally a piece of crap.
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I have a couple questions about the DAC First of all, is there anything wrong with this BOM? Attachment 8037 My next question is, can this DAC power a set of earbuds / headphones fine without connecting an amp to it? Would CL and CR not be necessary if the DAC was used only for headphones?