[sdiy] Re: Inexpensive 16 bit DAC?

[Jaroslaw Ziembicki]

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From: "Mete BALCI" <mete at ieee.org>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 9:40 AM
Subject: RE: [sdiy] Re: Inexpensive 16 bit DAC?


> When are 16-bit DACs widely accepted in synth products
> ? 90s ?

Around 1985, I would say. The 16 bit Burr-Brown chip PCM54
(parallel inputs) was widely used.
In the Roland D-50 synthesizer there was a PCM54 plus an
additional resistor network to get a 20 bit resolution.

Regards, Jarek