The R-2R ladder, a well known resistor topology, is often used to implement a current or voltage 6-dB step attenuator. By appropriately scaling the resistor values ...

The brand new Cayin RU6 R-2R Dongle DAC/Headphone Amplifier looks to be a formidable challenger in a very competitive category. Just in time for Black Friday, Cayin have unveiled a rather unique ...

The first step in selecting and using high-precision D/A converters is to consider the DAC architecture that is best for a given application. Several architectures are available, including oversampled ...

In this series of DAC Basics, we start out by briefly discussing three architectures (Figure 1). This will give us a good frame of reference as we work through the critical digital-to-analog converter ...

Astell&Kern’s A&futura SE300 DAP utilizes an R-2R Ladder DAC and looks to be an ideal match for the new A&K AURA IEMs that are also making their debut at High-End Munich 2023. Astell&Kern made its ...

Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) is a device used to convert the input signal that is in digital form into an output signal in the analog form (voltage). The resulting DAC output voltage is ...

Making sound with digital logic usually calls for a Digital to Analog converter. Building one can be very simple, and the sound quality out of an R-2R Ladder is actually pretty good. In the last ...