tyrion Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Emotiva Audio XDA-1 Digital-to-Analog Converter I saw a thread about Emotiva's $299 DAC on Audiocircle. I will get a chance to check it out at RMAF this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duggeh Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 I think that they are going to sell a great many of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Good lord that's cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 For those with the knowledge, any opinions on the chips used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron_Dreamer Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Emotiva Audio XDA-1 Digital-to-Analog Converter I saw a thread about Emotiva's $299 DAC on Audiocircle. I will get a chance to check it out at RMAF this weekend. I'll be right there to check it out as well! Certainly sounds promising for the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 consider me very interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPH Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 That's a FOTM train I might ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 AD1955 with discrete output stage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaox2 Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Damn. This seems like it could be very popular. I like the remote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 (edited) Good lord that's cheap. And literally hours after I pull the trigger on a used Adcom for nearly the same price. Reserved one anyway. At that price why not? Edited October 12, 2010 by swt61 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recstar24 Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 USB input, all those different inputs. Digital volume control for line stage option. Fully balanced design. $299 WTF. It's worth it just for the functionality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currawong Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 The digital input chip excepted, that has much the specs of the Cambridge 840c. Might be quite a good value pairing with one of the better digital input boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Reserved. And only 24 hours since they hit my wallet with the Ultra 10 sale. Wish I still had my RPA-2s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 USB input, all those different inputs. Digital volume control for line stage option. Fully balanced design. $299 WTF. It's worth it just for the functionality. Honestly one wonders what they could have actually put in there for the price. I mean don't get me wrong, I love a bargain, but stuff isn't free and economies of scale and China only go so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcpoor Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 i've been following the thread over at their forums for a while. there's some info and a internal pic of a prototype here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Thanks for the link. For those interested in size: 17" wide 14" deep 1 3/4" high (faceplate) 2 1/4" high (with rubber feet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 The digital input chip excepted, that has much the specs of the Cambridge 840c. Might be quite a good value pairing with one of the better digital input boxes. Let's hope they went more in the direction of the Accuphase sound, which also uses the same DAC than the 840c. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Wow, that seems rather cheap. Interested to hear what Mike thinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon L Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Two transformers and a pretty interesting discrete output stage. Unbelievable at the price..Reserved one! "The DAC used in the XDA is the AD1955 which is the same DAC as used in the ERC-1, But the real magic is in the analog drive stage after the DAC. In the ERC it has a single stage drive where the XDA uses a Dual Differential input stage with cross linked current sources, Darlington VAS stage and Darlington output stages. The discrete output stage can easily produce in excess of 2 amps of current and swing in excess of 12v. So it will completely take all cables out of the equation." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duggeh Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Just to be smug (and because I want to try one of these DACs and have to stop myself), I call trumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 reserved. i share nate's skepticism but hey, whateva. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Pfff -- I'll wait for the reports to come in, myself. And I fully expect one or two of you to pop the hood and let me know how modifiable it is. $300 == MSB Link DAC III, for me, still is. And that one is famously modifiable. Only no USB input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atothex Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 It's kinda funny: $300 for dual differential with all the other features makes it a crazy deal, but balanced drive is probably one of the last things I'd worry about in that price range. Take that away, though, and it's suddenly not quite the screaming deal it seems to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pars Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Opamp I/V however: # I/V conversion: Burr Brown OPA-2134 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filburt Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 i've been following the thread over at their forums for a while. there's some info and a internal pic of a prototype here. Hmm...in the picture it sure looks like I/V is done via a dual opamp but maybe I'm looking at it wrong. I was kind of wondering about the discrete I/V since even at a cursory glance with that many devices I'd have guessed it'd be an opamp topo and for $299 I'd have been surprised about the 0.001% THD spec on that. Edit: heh, nice catch Pars. That's what I get for not checking the second page of the thread first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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