M2Tech Vaughan DAC ? .....

[joeinid]

http://www.m2tech-hiface.com.au/index.php/products/vaughan

I was thinking about getting the M2Tech Young DAC but now that this one is available, what do you think?

Thanks!

 

[amirm]

I glanced at the specs and it all reads well. Like the built-in power supply too. What is the bit about the battery? Normally runs from that and the supply then charges it?

 

[joeinid]

That's what I understand. The Young DAC can run at least 4 hours from the Palmer battery pak and will charge when done. I know Gary Koh uses the Young DAC at shows with his setups.

Joe

 

[opus111]

Any clue to what DAC chips its using? Their page is gloriously cagey - '8 conversion ICs, 4 per channel'. Reminiscent of the Metrum Octave

 

[joeinid]

I can't even find what chips the Young DAC uses. I don't like not being able to find even that basic info. Hmmmmm.

 

[opus111]

The underlying DAC chip used in the Young is a TI Burr Brown PCM1795.

From http://www.digitalaudioblog.com/2011/06/review-m2tech-young-dac.html

 

[joeinid]

The underlying DAC chip used in the Young is a TI Burr Brown PCM1795.

From http://www.digitalaudioblog.com/2011/06/review-m2tech-young-dac.html

Thank you!

 

[treitz3]

Wow! Ask and ye shall receive. Man, that was quick. Thank you, opus111.

Tom

 

[opus111]

You're welcome. I'm a bit of a DAC chip anorak - it could even be described as an obsession of mine, so its satisfying to put that to good use

 

[joeinid]

You're welcome. I'm a bit of a DAC chip anorak - it could even be described as an obsession of mine, so its satisfying to put that to good use

Awesome!

That's why I love this place Plus I've learned a new word

 

[jkeny]

Is it the Young or the Vaughan DAC that this thread is about? The Thread title says the Vaughan but the link to Digitalaudio Blog is to the Young DAC article.
I guess Marco (M2tech) is following my lead in running his devices purely from batteries .

 

[opus111]

The link to the Young is because Joe asked what DAC chip was used in that DAC. The thread is definitely about the Vaughan.

 

[jkeny]

Are you sure it's the same DAC chip? How is this determined?

 

[opus111]

My word, a lot of delusion jumping this morning If its the same DAC chip they'd be idiots to be paralleling them - no advantage from what I can see. So my first guess is - assuming a modicum of competence in the designers - that its a multibit DAC they're using. Otherwise, why parallel?

 

[jkeny]

Yes, too early in the morning for me 5:20am
Sorry for the confusion!

 

[jkeny]

Anyway, little to no technical details about the Vaughan is available - am I correct or should I go back to bed & start the day again?

 

[opus111]

About the DAC chips, only what I cited in post #4 which does sound like deja-vu for the Metrum to me!

 

[jkeny]

More industrial DAC chips? That's an interesting theory! 32/384 though?? Is this possible with known industrial DAC chips - 4 per channel?

 

[earflappin]

I believe the Vaughn uses the same DAC chip as the Weiss Medea Plus....the 2011 32bit ESS9018.

 

[opus111]

Ah that fits with the 8 monaural channels, just '8 ICs' is wrong. Hmm.