Tc-7500 Dac

[movie_fan]

Does anybody know this one?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3272&item=7516525453&rd=1

 

[sane4sure]

'Professional quality' for £60 - a bargain for sure!

 

[movie_fan]

Well, a few months ago you could've had the NOS DAC for 100£, right? Still a bargain...

 

[Anex]

not necessarily, you can buy personal cd players, dvd players, sound cards, digital radios and so on and such forth, which all contain a DAC of some description, for less than £60 but it doesn't mean they're any good. Could be any old junk stuck in a box.
But by all means try it, never know

 

[Hodgesaargh]

I'd give it a miss unless you have a few components you want to connect to it.

 

[ChrisPa]

Anyone got comments on the underlying sound quality of the Burr-Brown PCM-1716 DAC chips?

If they have any inherent qualities, then this may be a good chassis for DIY modding

 

[JohnT]

Pcm1716

Respectable enough to be used in the Arcam Alpha 7SE, MF E624 / X-Ray / A3.

Zerogainers might be interested in this list of CDPs & DAC chips used that I stumbled across recently:

http://mestertuning.freeweb.hu/dac.html

John

 

[hifikrazy]

This tweak would be interesting:

http://digilander.libero.it/paeng/pcm1716_tweak.htm

Sowter and Stevens and Billington also make transformers that might meet the requirements.

EDIT: There is also a pin for pin compatible device from Wolfson that is slightly improved (apparently). WM1716. Mind you its smd and wouldnt be easy to remove and replace.

 

[I-S]

Actually SMD is easier to remove/replace, once you've had a little practice

 

[ChrisPa]

Okay then guys, is it worth a punt for £60, or is that £60 better invested elsewhere? ...in another low-cost tweakable DAC?