Burning Amp Lights Up San Francisco on November 12
America's premiere DIY gathering, the almost-annual Burning Amp, promises to burn brighter in 2017. Scheduled for Sunday, November 12 at San Francisco's Fort Mason Center, the event has become so popular that hours have been extended and the show now runs from 8:30am to 8:00pm.
Burning Amp Rekindles Next Saturday
Burning Amp is back. Perhaps the world's largest DIY festivalonly the European Triode Festival begins to rival it in sizethe mostly annual festival returns to the San Francisco Bay Area on Saturday, October 17, after a year's break to regroup and scout out a new venue. Now ensconced in a far more comfy 16+ room office venue in the South BayInterana Headquarters at 305 Walnut Street in Redwood CityBurning Amp promises at least 15 DIY systems plus an exciting group of presentations.
Burning Amp Sizzles in San Francisco
Nelson Pass in full flight
It was no accident that residential architect Mark Cronander, aka Variac, scheduled the Sixth Burning Amp DIY Fest for October 28, on the same weekend that the AES Convention (Audio Engineering Society) took place in San Francisco. Not only did Cronander attract a fair number of new folks who came into town for the convention, but he also scored, as a speaker, class-D amplification expert Bruno Putzeys of Belgium's Hypex Electronics.Burning Amp's Slow Burn
The 2013 Burning Amp, the DIYAudio forum's "annual experiment in temporary community dedicated to radical self-expression and self-reliance," got off to a slow start. Although a semi-hidden posting about the one-day, all-volunteer event, held in six rooms at San Francisco's Fort Mason Center on Sunday, October 6, appeared months ago, the email blast to the Burning Amp mailing list only went out late on October 3. As a result, attendance was light, making it much easier to listen to music in the extremely live, audio unfriendly rooms.
Central to every Burning Amp is Nelson Pass (above), whose boundless generosity and support to DIYers worldwide has made him a father figure of sorts.
Burr-Brown Announces Development of DSD DAC chip for SACD
Last week, Burr-Brown">http://www.burr-brown.com">Burr-Brown Corporation announced the development of the DSD1700, which the company says is its first Direct Stream Digital (DSD) audio digital-to-analog converter. According to Burr-Brown, the converter is designed for Sony's DSD technology, which is used in Super Audio CD players, professional DSD processors, and DSD mixing consoles.
Burr-Brown Breaks New DAC Ground with PCM1704
The DAC performance envelope has been pushed further by Burr-Brown">http://www.burr-brown.com/">Burr-Brown Corporation. The Tucson semiconductor company has just announced the commercial release of its new PCM-1704, an ultra-high-quality digital/analog converter chip boasting a 120dB signal/noise ratio. The new chip supersedes the company's PCM-1702, a DAC found in many high-end products and widely considered the state of the art.
Burr-Brown Introduces 24-bit, 192kHz DAC
Last week, Burr-Brown">http://www.burr-brown.com">Burr-Brown Corporation announced the PCM1737, a 24-bit, 192kHz-sampling delta-sigma digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that the company says is designed for consumer audio applications. According to a press release, Burr-Brown states that "the PCM1737's excellent price and performance is specifically targeted toward consumer audio applications such as DVD/CD players, A/V receivers, HDTV systems, and car audio applications."
Burr-Brown Introduces Low-Cost 96kHz Audio DAC
This week, Burr-Brownhttp://www.burr-brown.com">Burr-Brown; Corporation announced the PCM1733, a low-cost, CD-quality audio digital-to-analog converter (DAC) designed for high-volume, mass-market consumer audio applications.
Burwen Bobcat Now Available as Download
We received an interesting email from engineer Richard Burwen just before the Thanksgiving business break:
Busman's Holiday, China Style
If you're an audiophile—and let's face it, who else would be reading this—then you know what any hard-core audioweenie would do when visiting a strange city. Visit the hi-fi shops, of course.