DAC HELP!

If you want plug and play functionality, go with one of the DACs that Gary recommended. Sound cards need modding. Granted, only about 9 solder points, but you will also need a correction amp which can be bought or built. Then once all is built and modded, you will need a meter to calibrate all the outputs. Again, if you like building things, maybe a sound card is up your alley. You will only save a little bit of money. A sound card is not hassle-free though. I would honestly recommend a prebuilt USB DAC. I went from a modded sound card to Pangolin... pretty much like Gary said.

good points, although i prefer an ethernet connected dac as it's a lot easier to run long cat5 than long db25.

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Originally Posted by absolom7691

If you want plug and play functionality, go with one of the DACs that Gary recommended. Sound cards need modding. Granted, only about 9 solder points, but you will also need a correction amp which can be bought or built. Then once all it built and modded, you will need a meter to calibrate all the outputs. Again, if you like building things, maybe a sound card is up your alley. You will only save a little bit of money. A sound card is not hassle-free though. I would honestly recommend a prebuilt USB DAC. I went from a modded sound card to Pangolin... pretty much like Gary said.

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Originally Posted by swamidog

good points, although i prefer an ethernet connected dac as it's a lot easier to run long cat5 than long db25.

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Well said! If the price point is the same, Swami's recommendation is spot-on.

i don't know if spaghetti supports the EtherDream, but it's a very capable and reasonably priced network connected DAC.

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Originally Posted by absolom7691

Well said! If the price point is the same, Swami's recommendation is spot-on.

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Mixedgas thanks John Yayas for this most useful post:

Quote: "Sound cards have caused the most problems and questions, only second to iShow on 64 bit windows" End Quote.

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Originally Posted by swamidog

i don't know if spaghetti supports the EtherDream, but it's a very capable and reasonably priced network connected DAC.

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AFAIK there's no direct support, but the Etherdream should work with the EzAudDac.dll file, which is supported by Spaghetti.

Oh! The irony.

James. :)

that would be a worthy experiment. i *very* much like the idea of a single app not being bound to a single DAC. there are already too many proprietary standards in the laser world and that leads to the market being fractured and stagnant.

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Originally Posted by colouredmirrorball

AFAIK there's no direct support, but the Etherdream should work with the EzAudDac.dll file, which is supported by Spaghetti.

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Originally Posted by swamidog

that would be a worthy experiment. i *very* much like the idea of a single app not being bound to a single DAC. there are already too many proprietary standards in the laser world and that leads to the market being fractured and stagnant.

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Spaghetti is certainly not bound to a single DAC and I'll add support for any DAC that has an API available and I have a way to test it. I don't know much about the Etherdream DAC, though. I'm currently rewriting the entire Spaghetti application from the ground up. I am nearing completion of the rewrite and then plan to add a lot of new features and support for other hardware. Maybe I can add Etherdream support if the API is open.

I think it is?

http://ether-dream.com/
https://github.com/j4cbo/j4cDAC