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willbewill
25-10-2019, 14:12
For Sale: Starting Point Systems DAC 3

Bought from Alan (Firebottle) a year or so back, this is what he said about it:

Extract the pure performance of the last built non-oversampling true 16-bit TDA1543 DAC from Philips®
Provide equally high sound quality on either USB or SPDIF sources thanks to a very innovative reclocker
USB, Optical & Coaxial inputs (a simple press on the button switches them in round-robin fashion)
NO DRIVER Install necessary: uses the stock drivers of your OS: Linux, MacOS, and yes, Windows too (all flavors, XP, Win7/8...) just plug on USB and it's your default sound output !
Frequency indicator (works the same on all inputs) always tells you the REAL sample rate of your source (your computer/transport can't lie to you)
DIR9001 96 kHz SPDIF Receiver
Supports sampling frequencies from 28kHz to 108kHz (continuous range, including non-standard frequencies)
TDA1543 16-bit DAC - the original from Philips®
Passive I/V conversion
No Op-Amp - direct output with 2Vpp (will drive any power amp well)
Huuuge capacitors on the output path provides sub-Hertz cutoff frequency (<0.3Hz on a 10kOhms input)
Three Stage power supply regulation (for a super low background noise level)
Separate voltage regulator for the DAC and the Digital SPDIF receiver (same reason as above)
Battery-powered with dual 9V NiMH batteries
Smart battery charger on-board (quickly charges the batteries when depleted, keeps them charged at low current when idle)
Will Directly drive any power amplifier or preamp
Easy to carry around and make it listen to yours friends
2+ hours of listening on the batteries, if used standalone with spdif source

Price £65.00 delivered in UK payable by Paypal gift.


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Getgaff
25-10-2019, 16:17
PM sent

willbewill
25-10-2019, 16:48
Still available

VanDerGraaf
25-10-2019, 19:37
Can I have this? Can pay anytime!

Lawrence001
25-10-2019, 19:40
Been thinking about this myself but just won a dac on eBay. Supposed to be great for that non digital sound.

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VanDerGraaf
25-10-2019, 19:44
Been thinking about this myself but just won a dac on eBay. Supposed to be great for that non digital sound.

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Lawrence, if I am fortunate enough to pick it up and subsequently get itchy feet, I'll remember that.

willbewill
25-10-2019, 19:51
Sold

Magic
25-10-2019, 21:13
Using one of these with a Trends TA10 for TV duties. Remarkably good for very little cash.

VanDerGraaf
31-10-2019, 22:15
I was the lucky buyer- my first encounter with NOS Dacs of any sort....I think it's fab- big-boned, detailed without being annoying. Wonder what it might take to shift it out of my system?

And a big thumbs up and thanks to Malcom for his speedy delivery. A very happy guy over here.

Audio Al
01-11-2019, 04:05
If anyone else wants one of these I have one for sale , exactly the same , new battery fitted same spec same price same everything :)

MrB71
01-11-2019, 08:24
If anyone else wants one of these I have one for sale , exactly the same , new battery fitted same spec same price same everything :)

Pm sent

Bourneendboy
01-11-2019, 12:46
Anyone else got one to move on as I could be interested.

Audio Al
01-11-2019, 13:33
Pm sent

My one is now sold to MrB71

MrB71
02-11-2019, 15:51
My one is now sold to MrB71

First class service from Al :)

Audio Al
02-11-2019, 16:02
First class service from Al :)

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