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Welcome to my DIY Audio System site.
Here you will find details about my current system and the technologies I have tried along the way.
For me the enjoyment is in working out the details and building such a system. Along the way I end up with
extra parts and finished units for sale (usually for less then the cost of the parts).
This system is a product of ideas born from the DIY audio community. I give credit to those whom I have
learned from and incorporated their ideas. I aspire to contribute to that same spirit of openness and sharing.
The USB1543 DAC you see below is where most of my efforts have been
focused. In 2005 I designed version 1.0
of the circuit board using a program called Eagle. 5 boards made. I then updated the board into
version 1.1 and
produced 50 boards.
The last couple of years I have spent tweaking and learning how different things can affect the sound quality.
This audio system is not audiophile perfection just as no one wine or dish is the perfect wine or perfect dish.
Although they can be perfect in the moments that suit them. This DAC isn't going
to suit everyone or their
audio system.
This audio system is a minimalist design. Features like speaker protection are not included. This keeps the
cost down, makes it easier to build, easier to understand the electronics, and
provides less chances to
degrade the sound quality. The "less is more" theory is at work here.
page last updated April 08
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