Mark Findlay Audio designs, manufactures and sells high performance Hi-Fi DAC kits.  For the first time ever the very best in DAC performance is available to DIY audio enthusiasts.

The board design draws on many years of experience gained as an audio IC design engineer at the world’s leading audio semiconductor companies.  The best components are used, both ICs and passive components.  The boards are designed to maximise performance, not minimise cost.  

The design has been thoroughly tested by listening tests and use of specialist audio test equipment; the performance figures given have all been measured from the output of the kit.  DAC chips are notoriously sensitive and IC manufacturer’s data sheet numbers are rarely achieved in practice.

The kit consists of three component sets; the DAC PCB (printed circuit board), an enclosure, and power supply.

The PCB is the component that changes the digital audio signal into an analogue audio signal.  The PCB requires three power supplies; +5V, +15V and -15V.  The PCB is shipped fully populated and tested, no assembly is required.  The PCB is available separately or can be bought with a power supply and enclosure.

The power supply is a XP Power supply, which takes the mains power supply and produces the three supply voltages required by the PCB.  Included is a panel mount socket for the XP power supply output socket.  All performance figures quoted are achieved using this supply.

The enclosure is based on a hammond engineering aluminium box.  The PCB is designed to fit securely in this enclosure.  The enclosure features front and back panels manufactured by front panel express.  The designs for these are available with the purchase of the PCB board, so you can design your own panels.  Also included with the enclosure are toggle switches to control the power, source selection, filter options and sample rate.