[Ciggavelli]

What The ear.net posted about it with their price guess:

$12K is exactly what I thought it would cost. Much easier pill to swallow than the alternative, if you have a DAVE. I may just wait on this instead of spending $30k on a different dac.

 

[Reactcore]

$12K is exactly what I thought it would cost.

They mentioned £12k (pounds)
Thats $15,24k on current exchange rate..

 

[Ciggavelli]

They mentioned £12k (pounds)
Thats $15,24k on current exchange rate..

I was hoping Chord would treat them equally. Still $15k is much better than $30K

 

[Reactcore]

I was hoping Chord would treat them equally. Still $15k is much better than $30K

Will be a loong time before 2nd hands hit the market.. but im not buying unheard so next year probably

 

[SteveHulk]

I was hoping Chord would treat them equally. Still $15k is much better than $30K

Unfortunately, even that calculation does not take into consideration the addition of import duty into the USA

 

[Clive101]

UK sales have VAT.
Export sales do not so discount 20% then add sales tax and import into USA what ever that rate is it may nett off ...?

 

[liam boyle]

Considering the double chassis I'd been expecting £20K+ but hoping it'd be less

 

[AndrewOld]

Considering the double chassis I'd been expecting £20K+ but hoping it'd be less

And then there’s the feet. Do you think the power supply will be available separately? Will it be possible to buy the Scaler bit and use a lesser power supply, or even batteries, until you can afford the fancy power-supply? After all, the M Scaler used a cheap PSU which was supposed to be perfect. As were batteries.

 

[thePhones]

And then there’s the feet. Do you think the power supply will be available separately? Will it be possible to buy the Scaler bit and use a lesser power supply, or even batteries, until you can afford the fancy power-supply? After all, the M Scaler used a cheap PSU which was supposed to be perfect. As were batteries.

Of course, you can use any of the widely available 1V 75A power supplies
Also good luck to the lps fans
Ok straight answer: My bet is 100% not possible this time.

 

[AndrewOld]

Of course, you can use any of the widely available 1V 75A power supplies
Also good luck to the lps fans

75A!! I had missed that! ‘Scuse me. Not the first time I have made a fool of myself online.

 

[Reactcore]

I think the PSU outputs a higher voltage and each FPGA has its own DC-DC converter to 1v, just like the current Mscaler.

DC-DC circuit direct on other side of FPGA

 

[thePhones]

I think the PSU outputs a higher voltage and each FPGA has its own DC-DC converter to 1v, just like the current Mscaler.

DC-DC ciruit direct on other side of FPGA

I can’t find it anymore, but Rob spoke of a psu that he built that is able to deliver 80A at 1V. I would bet it is this one. Also 75A at 5V would be 375W, that’s too much.

 

[Reactcore]

I can’t find it anymore, but Rob spoke of a psu that he built that is able to deliver 80A at 1V. I would bet it is this one. Also 75A at 5V would be 375W, that’s too much.

75A could never run through those thin wires he used on the proto.. 1mm2 wires would get burning hot.

 

[thePhones]

75A could never run through those thin wires he used on the proto.. 1mm2 wires would get burning hot.

That is also what I thought. Maybe that is why the listening sessions where so short.
„Wait a minute, it’s smoking again“
I’m just quoting what Rob said. Maybe he meant 75W and just misspoke.

 

[miketlse]

I can’t find it anymore, but Rob spoke of a psu that he built that is able to deliver 80A at 1V. I would bet it is this one. Also 75A at 5V would be 375W, that’s too much.

Remember that the original MScaler used 1V at 10A for the core, so multiply that by 5 for the quartet, and you get nearer to the ballpark of the 80A.