I started with ProtoDac + PurePi + Q7 and have become very motivated for further DIY. Thank you very much for an inspiring project. I ordered 1 TD1 set a while ago. And today got my brother to order what I need from MOUSER. Really looking forward to this. Thank you very much Gaby :-)
Thanks for the heads up on the board and long lead items! Someone had mentioned that the RCA connectors are no longer available on the page you had linked. On that page, if you click on “find similar items” many more vendors show the same product. Obviously need to make sure they have the same connections, which is easy to do by looking at the pictures.
Thank you for the good video. I'm also using a Cambridge cd3, so I'm feeling the superiority of tda1541. I watched the video and ordered it without hesitation today. I have a lot of things to do from now on, but let's start with the UCPure power supply. ^^
Wow, you had a plan for cd3. After watching the video that makes cd3 available for stream service, it seems that the part I was worried about has been solved. TD1 is part acquisition first. (I'm sure you'll make a good sound) Currently, we are making subwoofer for use in wegg3 stella. The crossover design seems to take time. Thank you so much personally.
Gaby, thanks for the heads up about ordering products that may run out of stock with Ian Canada - I was going to wait until I had the 2 boards I ordered from you, but now I’ll do it the other way round. As we discussed in email I ultimately am looking to build a differential pair configuration, but will definitely try your suggestion first - if nothing else it will give a good sound comparison benchmark. On the subject of the I2S to PCM boards which Ian Canada supplies, the manual mentions about how they can be combined with the FiFo Pi reclocker board. As I will initially be feeding mine from a low jitter streamer with a clean USB output signal, I had planned to use the Amerano USB board with one of the FiFo Pi boards then connected to the I2S to PCM board. However some of the choices on Ian’s website are a bit overwhelming - I was just going to go all in and buy the FiFo Pi Q7 with Amerano USB board to connect the reclocked signal to the I2S to PCM board. Can you say if this is the correct way to go and also whether it’s even worth using a reclocker FiFo Pi board with the I2S to PCM board from your experiments so far? Really appreciate any input you can give on this as I now need to get an order placed with Ian Canada ASAP 👍
Yes FifoPi Q7 then PCM Board is your best way Now before the FIFO Q7 you can use a Purepi Raspberry pi Or Purepi Amanero / DDC If you are running Roon Raspberry pi is a great choice then you have a full streamer Dac combo in one awesome system
Thank you for your vid’s! I took apart my SSL12 and is must say i would love to know your view on the internal design. It uses fujicon elko’s and jrc ic opamps. The volume knop is special so silent. Its 32bit. Never the less not so beauty full as your project
Hi Gabbi, I am following your 1541 DAC videos with great interest. I saw that it it is possible to share projects/shopping bags on Mouser website so that followers can order the same set of parts. Would it be possible that you share your shopping cart there. We then could simply order our parts there. Greetings from Germany.
Hi Gabster, have you tried using Ivan’s D60 for your TD1 board? I just purchased a pair (with Jfet buffer followed) for Ian’s 9038 board and sounded good. Wondering if it is something that can match very well with TD1 (it is using very low value IV resistors (14R primary and 3400R secondary for turn ratio 1:16-so the dac sees 7R at its output)
I have one of Ivan’s D60 with and without Jfet I am not a big fan of choking the signal with low resistors. While the sound seems good the imaging and 3d holographic sound suffers big time. The smaller your IV resistor the worst it gets At 14R the Left and right Chanel are separated by 28R ( basically No separation ) If your speakers are well positioned for good imaging you will notice it big time.
@@Gabster1 That is so important to know… And indeed, I noticed that the soundstage is weird when I use the current setup, but I didn’t think it was because of the IV resistor! It was hard to describe the feeling, but somehow it feels like the sweet spot of the listening position becomes super narrowed… Would you mind recommend me a proper value for the IV resistor so that it has a good balance between the refinement of the sound and the sound separation? Currently I am using Ian’s 9038 board… and plan to just change the 9038 board to your TD1’s but keep using my current IV setup… (trans+Jfet buffer)
@@zehaoyu9401 my best setup with Ivans Trafos was without Jfet using a 100 Ohm on the inputs and no output resistor I used Vishay Zfoil resistors www.mouser.ca/Search/Refine?Keyword=71-S102JT100R00TB The Gabster TD1 still has way better 3d image far better then Ivan's I would use it as designed first with the OPA 861 IV stage. then Try Ivan's trafos and you will hear what I mean.
Hi Gaby, thank you for your videos. I bought 2 boards from you. When I go to IanCanada to buy I2S to PCM converter it now says sold out. I emailed Ian to see if he will have more later.
Thanks for letting me know Hopefully he will get more made I am sure it will take sometime let us know if you get a ETA of some new ones I believe he is on holidays for a short little while
@@Gabster1 Hi Gaby, Ian has back in stock. From Ian: Re-stocked. But the lead time will be two weeks because one of the cables is out of stock. This is ok with me because you mentioned 8-10 weeks to ship out your TD1 boards. I also asked Ian if he is planning on making 15v power supplies for your TD1 project.
It will work fine without the pcm board but it does sound better with it you can try it without first and if you like what you hear add a pcm card later you will love it more.
RCA sockets play an important role on delivering the signal from the DAC, so Aliexpress, from my point of view, is not the way to go. On my Revox B225 with two ceramic TDA1540 (still the best sounding multibit chip built), I have also upgraded to a pair of some of the very best RCA sockets around (WBT 0210 AG MS). Very expensive, but superb.
You can choose to solder any you like but At 300$ a pair one may think twice about it. Specially if you still need to use wires. The ones recommended are designed to fit both on a PCB and mounted on the panel. They are reasonably good Quality and provide the shortest path with no wires in between bringing the entire board close to the panel for $10 a pair.
Gaby, thanks for the video and the heads up on the components to secure in the early stage. Just to let you know that the link on Aliexpress for the RCA no longer works . Do you mind to provide us with another one? Thanks
@@Gabster1 , my Revox deserves nothing but the very best and with all the upgrades that I've made, it sounds fantastic. You really should try to listen to the TDA1540 - 14 bits of magic!
@@GS-nk5lb Thank you probably got bought up here is another link and will update it thank you for this info :) www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001857159698.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller.5.b0c4isiXisiXSv&gps-id=pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller&scm=1007.40050.354490.0&scm_id=1007.40050.354490.0&scm-url=1007.40050.354490.0&pvid=acf5b7ce-670d-4a10-86dc-f64fdb7204df&_t=gps-id:pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller,scm-url:1007.40050.354490.0,pvid:acf5b7ce-670d-4a10-86dc-f64fdb7204df,tpp_buckets:668%232846%238116%232002&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21CAD%213.78%213.78%21%21%2119.33%2119.33%21%402101e7a317221922883125842ee4e2%2112000017877208007%21rec%21CA%212570165375%21&utparam-url=scene%3ApcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller%7Cquery_from%3A
@@Gabster1I wonder if you might be able to help me? I have an old Roland 880 digital workstation for home live recordings. I'm trying to find a bi-directional interface from the coaxial digital on the 880 to go USB into my computer so I could transfer digital audio in both directions from the computer and also from the 880 onto the computer. Any suggestions?
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I started with ProtoDac + PurePi + Q7 and have become very motivated for further DIY. Thank you very much for an inspiring project. I ordered 1 TD1 set a while ago. And today got my brother to order what I need from MOUSER. Really looking forward to this. Thank you very much Gaby :-)
Great Video !! Thanks for the time you have been putting into this Project ..
This is topnotch known for the DIY community.
I appreciate that!
Thanks for the heads up on the board and long lead items!
Someone had mentioned that the RCA connectors are no longer available on the page you had linked. On that page, if you click on “find similar items” many more vendors show the same product. Obviously need to make sure they have the same connections, which is easy to do by looking at the pictures.
Good idea I did update the link with another vendor that seems to have a lot of
This one
s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DBxvnIB
Great stuff, your trying to sell this in a honorable way, im getting one
Thank you for the good video.
I'm also using a Cambridge cd3, so I'm feeling the superiority of tda1541.
I watched the video and ordered it without hesitation today.
I have a lot of things to do from now on, but let's start with the UCPure power supply. ^^
There will be a video on upgrading the cd3 for the very few that own it
But not till wintertime I have lots of plans for it
But I do love it
Wow, you had a plan for cd3.
After watching the video that makes cd3 available for stream service, it seems that the part I was worried about has been solved.
TD1 is part acquisition first. (I'm sure you'll make a good sound)
Currently, we are making subwoofer for use in wegg3 stella.
The crossover design seems to take time.
Thank you so much personally.
Gaby, thanks for the heads up about ordering products that may run out of stock with Ian Canada - I was going to wait until I had the 2 boards I ordered from you, but now I’ll do it the other way round. As we discussed in email I ultimately am looking to build a differential pair configuration, but will definitely try your suggestion first - if nothing else it will give a good sound comparison benchmark.
On the subject of the I2S to PCM boards which Ian Canada supplies, the manual mentions about how they can be combined with the FiFo Pi reclocker board. As I will initially be feeding mine from a low jitter streamer with a clean USB output signal, I had planned to use the Amerano USB board with one of the FiFo Pi boards then connected to the I2S to PCM board. However some of the choices on Ian’s website are a bit overwhelming - I was just going to go all in and buy the FiFo Pi Q7 with Amerano USB board to connect the reclocked signal to the I2S to PCM board. Can you say if this is the correct way to go and also whether it’s even worth using a reclocker FiFo Pi board with the I2S to PCM board from your experiments so far?
Really appreciate any input you can give on this as I now need to get an order placed with Ian Canada ASAP 👍
Yes FifoPi Q7 then PCM Board is your best way
Now before the FIFO Q7 you can use a Purepi Raspberry pi
Or Purepi Amanero / DDC
If you are running Roon Raspberry pi is a great choice then you have a full streamer Dac combo in one awesome system
Thank you for your vid’s! I took apart my SSL12 and is must say i would love to know your view on the internal design. It uses fujicon elko’s and jrc ic opamps. The volume knop is special so silent. Its 32bit. Never the less not so beauty full as your project
Did you make FFT's with a good sinus generator as audio source?
You can use WBT RCA board connectors (WBT-0234) or Furutech ones FP-908(G)
Hi Gabbi, I am following your 1541 DAC videos with great interest. I saw that it it is possible to share projects/shopping bags on Mouser website so that followers can order the same set of parts. Would it be possible that you share your shopping cart there. We then could simply order our parts there. Greetings from Germany.
Yes you can and that is exactly the plan
Couple clicks and you can order it without entering any parts 😊
Should have it ready soon
Gabby. Will the board also convert to DSD or PCM only. Thanks for all you do.
PCM
hehe I like that the boards are now all black :)
According to your wishes 😊
How big are your wema capacitors I like the 1.1 uf the ar amazing try it Everything Above you miss out
Hi Gabster, have you tried using Ivan’s D60 for your TD1 board? I just purchased a pair (with Jfet buffer followed) for Ian’s 9038 board and sounded good. Wondering if it is something that can match very well with TD1 (it is using very low value IV resistors (14R primary and 3400R secondary for turn ratio 1:16-so the dac sees 7R at its output)
I have one of Ivan’s D60 with and without Jfet
I am not a big fan of choking the signal with low resistors. While the sound seems good the imaging and 3d holographic sound suffers big time.
The smaller your IV resistor the worst it gets
At 14R the Left and right Chanel are separated by 28R ( basically No separation )
If your speakers are well positioned for good imaging you will notice it big time.
@@Gabster1 That is so important to know… And indeed, I noticed that the soundstage is weird when I use the current setup, but I didn’t think it was because of the IV resistor! It was hard to describe the feeling, but somehow it feels like the sweet spot of the listening position becomes super narrowed… Would you mind recommend me a proper value for the IV resistor so that it has a good balance between the refinement of the sound and the sound separation? Currently I am using Ian’s 9038 board… and plan to just change the 9038 board to your TD1’s but keep using my current IV setup… (trans+Jfet buffer)
@@zehaoyu9401 my best setup with Ivans Trafos was without Jfet using a 100 Ohm on the inputs and no output resistor
I used Vishay Zfoil resistors
www.mouser.ca/Search/Refine?Keyword=71-S102JT100R00TB
The Gabster TD1 still has way better 3d image
far better then Ivan's I would use it as designed first with the OPA 861 IV stage.
then Try Ivan's trafos and you will hear what I mean.
Hi Gaby, thank you for your videos. I bought 2 boards from you. When I go to IanCanada to buy I2S to PCM converter it now says sold out. I emailed Ian to see if he will have more later.
Thanks for letting me know
Hopefully he will get more made I am sure it will take sometime let us know if you get a ETA of some new ones I believe he is on holidays for a short little while
@@Gabster1 Yes, I will let you know when I hear back from Ian. Thank you for all you do with the DIY community.
@@Gabster1 Hi Gaby, Ian has back in stock. From Ian: Re-stocked. But the lead time will be two weeks because one of the cables is out of stock. This is ok with me because you mentioned 8-10 weeks to ship out your TD1 boards. I also asked Ian if he is planning on making 15v power supplies for your TD1 project.
I have the Original Amanero Combo384 usb digital interface from Iancanada. Will that work in the streamer section?
Yes as long as you have a fifopi
Do I need a pcm to i2s board if I have Ian canada q7 ?
It will work fine without the pcm board but it does sound better with it you can try it without first and if you like what you hear add a pcm card later you will love it more.
Is there a way to get 2 times I2s inputs?
Not in one board
RCA sockets play an important role on delivering the signal from the DAC, so Aliexpress, from my point of view, is not the way to go. On my Revox B225 with two ceramic TDA1540 (still the best sounding multibit chip built), I have also upgraded to a pair of some of the very best RCA sockets around (WBT 0210 AG MS). Very expensive, but superb.
You can choose to solder any you like but At 300$ a pair one may think twice about it.
Specially if you still need to use wires.
The ones recommended are designed to fit both on a PCB and mounted on the panel.
They are reasonably good Quality and provide the shortest path with no wires in between bringing the entire board close to the panel for $10 a pair.
Gaby, thanks for the video and the heads up on the components to secure in the early stage. Just to let you know that the link on Aliexpress for the RCA no longer works . Do you mind to provide us with another one? Thanks
@@Gabster1 , my Revox deserves nothing but the very best and with all the upgrades that I've made, it sounds fantastic. You really should try to listen to the TDA1540 - 14 bits of magic!
@@GS-nk5lb Thank you probably got bought up here is another link and will update it thank you for this info :)
www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001857159698.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller.5.b0c4isiXisiXSv&gps-id=pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller&scm=1007.40050.354490.0&scm_id=1007.40050.354490.0&scm-url=1007.40050.354490.0&pvid=acf5b7ce-670d-4a10-86dc-f64fdb7204df&_t=gps-id:pcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller,scm-url:1007.40050.354490.0,pvid:acf5b7ce-670d-4a10-86dc-f64fdb7204df,tpp_buckets:668%232846%238116%232002&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21CAD%213.78%213.78%21%21%2119.33%2119.33%21%402101e7a317221922883125842ee4e2%2112000017877208007%21rec%21CA%212570165375%21&utparam-url=scene%3ApcDetailTopMoreOtherSeller%7Cquery_from%3A
Hi Gabster! Where can I get the DAC chip? I see aliexpress has them, but are they any good? Thanks!
I would avoid Ali for that a lot of fakes ideally a trusted vendor or better a dead CD player with the chip.
Hi any reason why you did not use Raspberry Pi GPio pins to implement i2s since it's better? Thanks
You can it will work but they are noisy you need to re-clock the signal. The goal is to achieve the best sound possible.
@@Gabster1 thanks for the insights
@@Gabster1I wonder if you might be able to help me? I have an old Roland 880 digital workstation for home live recordings. I'm trying to find a bi-directional interface from the coaxial digital on the 880 to go USB into my computer so I could transfer digital audio in both directions from the computer and also from the 880 onto the computer. Any suggestions?