AKM’s AK4385, a differential output DAC is widely used for consumer applications. The differential AK4385 offers the ability to set power supply rejection ratio by using only two additional external ...

Another important op amp application is buffering DAC outputs. Modern IC DACs provide either voltage or current outputs. Figure 3-51 shows three fundamental configurations, all with the objective of ...

At €3311/US$3599, the Gustard R30 wants to be your next streaming DAC. The Chinese manufacturer has put discrete R2R ...

In addition to 18-bit resolution and remarkable dynamic performance specifications, Linear Technology’s LTC2757 parallel-output, multiplying digital-to-analog converter (DAC) offers two unusual ...

The desktop DAC/headphone amplifier category is getting very crowded and competitive. The understated Topping D30Pro DAC and A30Pro Headphone Amplifier are diamonds in the rough. Let’s have a ...

Driving the software side is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 680, running Android 13 for a responsive and genuinely modern DAP experience. With 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage, plus microSD expansion ...

It’s tough to find a project these days that doesn’t use an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) or digital-to-analog converter (DAC) for something. Whether these converters come as built-in peripherals ...

The S13V33_DAC_03 is a 1-channel 10-bit resolution, high performance, low power, current-steering CMOS digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The input update rate can be up to 200MHz. 3-channel ...

The engineers at FiiO don’t appear to sleep. Hardly a day goes by without another product launch being announced by the audio brand. The latest is the FiiO K11 R2R – a desktop DAC and headphone ...

Communications channels used to be a challenging exercise in pure analog design. Today, modulation occurs in the digital domain in many systems. But the transmitted signal is analog, so there’s always ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Pro-Ject Audio has unveiled its new CD Box RS2 Tube, the ...

Now we can take a look at the speaker output section circuitry which is essentially kept separate in layout from the headphone output section. The front channels use a separate circuit with a PCM 1796 ...