Pars Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 (edited) John Westlake (formerly of Cambridge and Pink Triangle IIRC, though I am not sure of all of his history) posted a link to a DAC that he designed recently using the ESS Sabre DAC as the basis: Signal Path International - Era Speakers & Peachtree Audio - Introducing Nova Reference thread on diyaudio: diyAudio Forums - Da-capo issue (John W?) - Page 16 Might be a good option for those interested in the Sabre but not up to building your own. EDIT: John Westlake seems to know his shit from all I have seen from him on a couple of forums so I would think anything he is involved in would be worth a listen. I have not heard this DAC (and wouldn't be the one to judge it anyhow since I don't use external DACs), so take it in that light. Edited December 30, 2008 by Pars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slwiser Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 I happen to see this this last week at my local audio dealer and a beautiful unit it is. He did not have it setup on the high end side of the store...but it did sound good from the speakers I heard it out of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrion Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 I was reading about that a few days ago, I think on Audiocircles. I was thinking it could be a good office rig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 But Mike, you've already got a Sabre based DAC, you just don't know (haven't broken your '09 rule) about it yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrion Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 But Mike, you've already got a Sabre based DAC, you just don't know (haven't broken your '09 rule) about it yet... Cool. I can't wait to get it. I'm buying gear like crazy. I need to stock up. I'm just going to leave a bunch of stuff in the boxes and ship to myself every so often during '09. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Just ship it to me, Mike, and I'll randomly ship it to you throughout the year. Think of the excitement of not even knowing when your gear will come! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrion Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Just ship it to me, Mike, and I'll randomly ship it to you throughout the year. Think of the excitement of not even knowing when your gear will come! That could work. See this is where Jp failed in his no audio for '08 pledge. He didn't stock up in '07. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 This serves both of us, in fact, since I have a "no preassembled audio in '09" pledge. I'm desperately shopping for speakers in the next two days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrion Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 This serves both of us, in fact, since I have a "no preassembled audio in '09" pledge. I'm desperately shopping for speakers in the next two days I can send you parts every so often and then you can assemble them. Who said Republicans and Democrats can't work together and get along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarium Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Hrm interesting dac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadhead Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 any idea of cost? edit: ooops missed it on the first page Not for me though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 It looks as though Peachtree will also be releasing a stand alone Sabre DAC for $700.00 and a statement Sabre DAC with tube output and tube headphone amp for $1,500.00. I didn't see any release dates for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Pretty reasonable price for all that it offers from where I sit and I like the design aesthetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadhead Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 any idea of cost? edit: ooops missed it on the first page Not for me though Turns out you can bypass the tube For me again... TPA Buffalo looks awesome too. What's the wait time on boards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 I had a demo Decco (try and say that fast) for a bit and it was decent. This was before headphones for me, so I can't comment on that section. With a better DAC and bigger amp, the Nova looks very nice. Apropos of nothing, I also liked the Era monitors a lot despite all the "style-of-life" ad crap on their Web site. They sound like Aerials, which is a good thing in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotoriousBIG_PJ Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Looks hawt. Biggie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elnero Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Looks hawt. Biggie. You should get one biggie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetoole Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Seems you can also now get the Wavelength Crimson with the ESS Sabre now too, called the Denominator module. Bit pricey though, but I would definitely be interested in hearing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepak Posted December 31, 2008 Report Share Posted December 31, 2008 Seems you can also now get the Wavelength Crimson with the ESS Sabre now too, called the Denominator module. Bit pricey though, but I would definitely be interested in hearing it. That piqued my interest as well, but I'm wondering if he's optimizing the analog stage for them individually? Curse my curiosity with DHTs \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetoole Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 That piqued my interest as well, but I'm wondering if he's optimizing the analog stage for them individually? Curse my curiosity with DHTs \ Depends what you mean optimized. To my understanding (reading what is on that page+some information posted by Gordon Rankin on diyhifi), he is using the Sabre in voltage out mode, with the mentioned Magnequest transformer converting that to SE, and then I assume following that with the DHTs, taking the output from the plate. No telling what kind of ratio the transformers have. Of course, this is mostly just assumptions on my part, so any/all of it could be wrong. Oh, before I forget: Dew Eet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotoriousBIG_PJ Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 You should get one biggie. I'm just a poor chump now. Biggie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elnero Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 I'm just a poor chump now. Biggie. That's what buying a house gets you! Just wait till you get a couple rugrats running around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 That's what buying a house gets you! Just wait till you get a couple rugrats running around. That's when you get the Ninja MasterCard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocturnalsheet Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 looks interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
some1x Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 I was really interested in buying a Decco as a all-in-one solution for K1000. Does the Nova improve everything or only DAC? (extra 30w doesn't help, but the amp may be higher quality?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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