New high end PS DAC in the works

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What are the odds of some hardware updates within the DS?

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Nothing in the works, there are a few minor things that could get fixed easily but even only doing them and/or updating the power supply would require new boards.

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If it’s minor and a worthwhile upgrade, why not do it? I’m sure most of us would gladly do that!

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The cost of the boards and parts would be about the same as the PWD to DS upgrade so the prices of replacement boards would be about the same… I suspect that people would prefer a free software update instead.
Still no hardware things are ruled out. I can’t give any reasonable guess as to the odds.

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Sounds like a poll on this forum would make sense to judge feasibility of the hardware upgrade. Perhaps even a group buy. Get @Paul on it! What else is he doing?!?!? :rofl:

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I think poll has been discussed before, the forum software doesn’t support it. I’m not interested in hardware upgrade for DS DAC.

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I would want to pay for a whole board upgrade maybe for a next generation DAC but not for a minor sound improvement of the current technology…

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Three cheers for the forum! No polls!

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Hi Ted, will this fiber connection be just bog standard single mode fiber cable?

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Yep, you’ll be able to cut it to what ever length you like with a cheap standard cutter (or if you are careful with a sharp knife or razor blade.) https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/pub-005213

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Nice.

I won’t bug you about exactly what type of fiber cable & connector exactly (I’m sure that will all come out in due course) but could one also get something pre-made to whatever length, like this?

https://www.fiberoptics4sale.com/products/d3yys10fiscz

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No connector: I should have put this link in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHVAvN_wiBY

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Nice. Looks easy enough.

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Are you recommending this optical system? I missed where it was talked about.

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It’s a feature. An optical cable connects (isolates) the 2-boxes. True perfect isolation.

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Right, for the TSS though. Correct?

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Correct.

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Jeez, I’m glad we got that sorted out! That POF cutter, I see it is single use per aperture only. Never knew you could do that. Another TS pearl of wisdom.

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If you have a very square cut you probably don’t have to polish the ends. If your cut is a little sloppy and you don’t polish the ends the losses in the cable will go up a lot which may cause errors, especially for longer cables. (This is all true for TOSLink as well, but it’s just less critical there.) I suspect with the TSS you could use scissors :slight_smile: We just aren’t going that far and the data rate isn’t high these days…

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Sounds like an opportunity for a Ted Smith custom fiber cable.