Space Plus - ESS Sabre32 DSD/DXD asynchronous USB DAC
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Audiophile DAC for all lovers of quality music!
Backers: 193
Average Pledge Per Backer: £105
Funded: £20,332 of £20,000
Dates: Aug 24th -> Oct 8th (45 days)
Project By: MAGIC PIXEL Team
Backers: 193
Average Pledge Per Backer: £105
Funded: £20,332 of £20,000
Dates: Aug 24th -> Oct 8th (45 days)
Project By: MAGIC PIXEL Team
£20,332
current pledge level
Last Updated: October 8 @ 18:30 -0400 GMT
101%
of goal
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Latest News
You wish it, we made it :-) 
October 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, From your feedback and comments, we decided to make the latest hardware change. S/PDIF optical and coaxial output will be changed to inputs. Input selection will be made by IR remote controller. If anyone would like to pledge for more... (Read More)
Volume buttons
October 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, For added convenience, we have added two buttons for volume control on the front panel, as seen in the image below. Volume buttons on OLED version Volume buttons on LED version Best regards, The Magic Pixel Team Only a few days... (Read More)
IR remote control
October 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers, As we mentioned in our last update, we are working on the ability to control the Space Plus DAC remotely via an IR remote control. We are bringing you a shor video, where you can see the IR sensor connected to the prototype. For now,... (Read More)
There's always some progress
October 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, Even if it looks like there's no progress since the last update, we can assure you that we are non-stop working on the hardware and software part of the project. Below you'll find a short video showing playback of various formats. The... (Read More)
Customize your DAC! (and public schematics)
September 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers, Wouldn't it be great, if your DAC would be a custom, one-off piece? Sure it would, so we decided to provide a way to customize your Space Plus DAC. This is done by letting the backers specify what the "serial number" of your unit will... (Read More)
Sound quality tests
September 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, We are proud to present you a brief video of how the Space Plus sounds on an expensive high-end setup. It's very hard to describe, or show off through a video how the device sounds, we did our best to capture the sound as faithfully as... (Read More)
Measurements - part 1
September 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers, Here we bring you some pictures of basic measurements on Space Plus DAC. First we measure the difference between two chanels. As you can see on pictures from osciloscope if we apply the math function CH1-CH2 the result will be straight... (Read More)
LEDs and OLEDs - you choose!
September 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers, After the comments we have received upon introducing the option of an OLED display, we had a little brainstorming in the office today, and came up with the following: 1) Those backers, who have already purchased the £99 Super Early... (Read More)
Additional information on the OLED display
September 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Here additional information on the OLED display The display is used as follows: http://www.ebay.com/itm/White-0-96-inch-128x64-OLED-Display-Graphic-Module-I2C-Serial-Interface-SSD1306-/302058479326?hash=item4654169ede:g:NIkAAOSwGjpXTT3T This was... (Read More)
First week update.
September 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
As we promised we bring you the first update. First of all we want to say: "Thank you" for all your pledges. Although we already have a function prototypes of Space Plus DAC that you can see also in our presentation video, our work is not finished.... (Read More)
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