I recently (late last year) got one of these modules, this one looks intriguing and I’ve been happy with other products (amps and DACS) I’ve purchased from Hifimediy.
The idea behind this unit is it leaves out the output buffering stage that a lot of DACs have, directly connecting the DAC chip via just a pair of Mundorf caps (reasonable quality) to get rid of the DC offset in the DAC signal. The board is laid out to be easily tweakable, and as the board is it’s only using 1/2 the signal as the DAC has a balanced output. I’m more than happy with the default ouptput so have just simply wired it to RCA outs.
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ambient music release – ZOGAM – Melbourne Suburban Winter 2012
More a polished demo than a fully realised release, but I thought it worthwhile making these experiments with guitar and timestretch software available as a releaseon bandcamp.com:
ZOGAM – Melbourne Suburban Winter 2012
for free one week after release.. then I’ll put a token cost for them.
Bitcoin denominated purchase links coming soon.
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We just upgraded to the current version of wordpress, after a long time on an older version.
There may be a few broken links to deal with while it settles in!
Minirig V8 finally launched!
After quite a bit of work finishing the cabinets and the rack enclosures V8 makes it’s debut at the Sydney Road Festival (click pic for description of the system)
Also, there are some photos of the party here.
“cheapowave” part III.. not so cheap going to an Eminence woofer.
This is pretty much a “brain dump” of my Audiokarma posts on phase III of the Econowave project (now more likely to be called the big read speakers then “cheapowaves”)… post will get edited down over time, but if the article is disjointed it’s due to being a bunch of seperate posts appended together.
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assembly using inexpensive YuanJing brand TDA8920 board, with some minor tweaks.
I recently got a YuanJing brand low cost TDA8920 based board from ebay. This is a fairly basic low frills build but worth documenting for those interested.
I’d already wired up the case for my second ConnexElectronics TDA8920 board when I managed to fry the board. Out of curiousity I decided to check out this lower cost board that was going cheap cheap ($19USD + $9USD postage), as I could use the transformer I’d already mounted in the case as they are similar units.
This is the board on ebay:
TDA8920 Class D Amplifier board/ audio Power AMP 2X100W – eBay Power Amplifiers, Amplifiers, Home Audio, Electronics. (end time 19-Jul-10 02:14:45 AEST)
It has a smaller heatsink than the connex module, and smaller PSU 4700uF caps.
Initially it sounded OK, but not as good as the Connex module, quite a bit more grainy.. also interestingly it uses 5W power even when silent, and hence (with the smaller heatsink) runs a lot hotter.
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Minirig Symetrix 420 ConnexElectronic TA2022
1.6kg, 100W per channel, Class-T with SMPS.
Just finished this amp that some may find interesting. I wanted to build a 19″ 1RU (rack unit) Class-D power amp that would be light and compact. Using the ConnexElectronic TA2022 amp module, the SMPS250 PSU and the speaker protection module. It was a bit fiddly as I had to cut 5mm off the heatsinks and replace all the big caps with 35mm ones. (click pic)
tweaking the Dick Smith Electronics DSE A2667 bookshelf speaker
I recently got some Dick Smith Electronics A2667 bookshelf speakers cheapish ($20AUD) off Ebay. For a bit of fun I thought I’d see how much better I could make these low cost “made in china” (though not quite white van) speakers sound.
ConnexElectronics TA3020 V3c amplifier module.. built into a ugly but functional steel case.
I recently ordered one of these modules after being very impressed with the sound of an earlier version of this module I borrowed from Col. It’s an amp module using the Tripath TA3020 IC, which can do up to 110W at 8Ω, with max. 0.1% THD, though I’m more interested in the 50W per channel it can do with just 0.02% THD.
Orbital Live at Billboard
An amazing concert. Very lucky to be able to see Orbital live in such a small venue.Iv’e put up a few photos taken by Bunny from the show and added a few extra of the Orbital live rig 😉 (click pic)