Starlight CD transport and discrete DAC finished!

 

After an incredibly long journey I’m glad to say that is nearly over. The Starlight CD transport (I2S output and 4x oversampling) with its discrete DAC sounds absolutely amazing. Getting back to play my CDs is what I was cherishing for a long time. I will be bringing my +500 CD collection from my previous home soon so that would be perfect timing.

I promise to write up a proper blog entry with a full description of the learning experience. For now, I will just sit down and relax. Listen to many CDs and enjoy!

All the acknowledgements and thanks go to Tom Browne for this fantastic design and all the help provided throughout this journey. I think this is the Starlight number 20 or so built so far. Not sure if there are other ones being built anyway.  Also my thanks go to Jon Finlayson for his help on the DAC boards, Richard for the UI stuff and to Tony for inspiring me to give it a go…

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Author: Ale Moglia

"A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable. " (Robert Fripp)

2 thoughts on “Starlight CD transport and discrete DAC finished!”

  1. Most of the time I try to learn about Your fancy CCS topologys , but now I came across this R2R Dac , it looks like Soekris Dac (danish). What happens with it now ? If it sounds so really god ,where is it now?( I would be able to build it now)

    regards Valvo

    1. Hi Valvo
      Yes, it’s playing at its best. Am afraid this DIY-audio project of the London Circle is not longer available. The transport is based out of a legacy CPU motherboard and not sure you could source all (if not all of) their components. Sorry
      I haven’t listened to the Soekris myself but some friends (who heard both) were not impressed at all by the Soekris.
      Cheers,Ale

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