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An output stage for the extra two channels would probably have to be outboard. The rest of the components you have to diy, but the board is labeled with parts values for everything including a stereo output stage. If interested I would recommend to get the board with the ES9028PRO installed. Perhaps one nice thing about that board is that I have gone through the exercise of sketching out the schematic, which I could share (although it could use some cleaning up ). I could post a pic of where the extra channel wires would have to be attached, if needed. It is probably possible to attach small wires to the traces for the extra 2 channels with a very small solder iron tip, this gauge solder, and some thin wire, maybe #30 or smaller. But, they did parallel the other channels into two sets. Unfortunately, they only brought out one stereo pair of those. The connect the 8 channels into groups of 2 for processing by the output stage.

I feel like I spent my budget where it would do the most good and left it at that.įour channels are probably doable with one of these: ES9028PRO ES9018 32bit Audio DAC PCB - DIYINHK It ended up addressing a number of things that helped SQ, and that would still need doing even if electronic crossovers were used. The one stereo dac is very good and so is the one stereo power amp. How good does it sound as is? Easily good enough to mix hit records, I think would be a reasonable claim.

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I tuned the LP filters in the subs using a mic and software RTA to smooth out overall FR as much as possible and left it at that. All the speakers are mounted on Primacoustic Recoil Stabilizers (which help a lot in a way that DSP can't do). I ended up rebuilding the passive crossovers in my speakers with better components, and added stereo sealed subs. Myself, I gave some thought to going with active crossovers, but decided it would be too expensive given the sound quality I want. Maybe a Hypex switcher would be a better choice LF, or maybe for everything. A really good implementation would seem like it ought to be able to do bass pretty well, but some people still seem to express some disappointment. Chip amps might work okay and can be fairly low cost, except maybe for bass. If the power amps aren't up to the same standards as the dacs, then sound quality will most likely suffer. TP seems to be working on one, but their dacs may not be all that low cost by time time all is said and done. Maybe the best way to do a dac would be to use something like ES9038PRO to make a good 8-channel dac (so all the channels can work in perfect sync with each other). The expense comes with dacs and power amps. The digital filtering part is pretty cheap and easy, and for the most part so is room correction (better not to go overboard with room correction, usually sounds better if kept pretty simple). To keep it low cost, there are going to have to compromises.

:/īi-amping or tri-amping with good sound quality is an expensive proposition, it seems to me. I want to get as close to my goal as I possibly can at my first try. So I wont just throw money at the problem until it gets right.

The whole reason I'm into DIY to begin with is to keep costs low. And as I understand it digital filters will for the most part get me better results, at least with my level of knowledge in filter design. I am reluctant to settle for old fashioned passive filters since I want to play around and modify my speakers. Which will perform the best? Will it be alot easier to get things working with the MiniDSP? Is software + soundcard inferior? I won't use any other audio source than my computer so I wont be held back by a software solution in that aspect. But for that I need a new sound card, which puts me almost in the same price range as the MiniDSP-solution anyway.

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The other and basically free alternative is to make filters in Equalizer APO, as I understand it you can do phase correction that way too. Over here that will set me back 300€, and close to 100€ more if I go with an UMIK-1. But I've heard that sound quality can't match a good soundcard or good DAC. Shall I go for a MiniDSP 2x4 HD? Seems simple enough to set up, get some room correction and FIR-filters. So I am looking into which solution is the best one, at a budget. But that option wont do with active filters since I need two amplifiers. With my old speakers with passive filters I use optical out to my amplifier which has a DAC that does the job. But now when my new speakers are getting closer to being finished I need a good audio source for them. I have played around with Equalizer APO for trying out a digital XO for my speakers.

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