Timbre
Technology TT-1 repair
September
25, 2025
Marc,
I'm
looking for an electronics technician or engineer to find the part numbers for a Timbre
Technology TT-1 DAC or schematics to repair this DAC. The transistors have 14 and 16 DIPs
or were erased by the manufacturer. There are seven or nine in total. The digital receiver
and the D/A converter are CS-8412-CP and CS4328-KP, respectively.
Paul
Sylvain
This is a quandary, for a few reasons. First, you've obviously been able to get
inside the DAC; as I understand it, it takes a special jig to get into the chassis. As for
the parts with erased values, that is not uncommon with high-end products.
I
asked David Goldstein, formerly of Timbre Technology, for advice, and here's what he
offered.
"Unfortunately, I had a major basement flood a few years ago and lost all
the documentation and spare parts.
"However,
he may try to contact my ex-partner, John Kukulka in Philadelphia who did the circuit.
Just look him up on Google for possible contact info.
"John
McCormack, designer and builder of the great Shoreline amps, is owner of Rainbow
Electronics in Citrus Heights, CA -- www.rainbowelectronics.net. He can possibly repair the
DAC after parts are identified. The reader should take a close-up photo and circle the
suspect parts." - Marc Mickelson
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