HQ Audio Star Pure DSD DAC MK2

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Hanoi, Vietnam | 2024 – The high resolution PCM at 96-192KHz 24bit offer the possibility to have a good quality digital signal exceeding the big limits of the CD. The DSD is very different from PCM, using a sampling frequency 64 times higher than that of a standard Compact Disc, offers a frequency response of up to 100 kHz and a dynamic range of up to 120 dB across the entire audible range.The DSD on paper should be better than hi-resolution pcm like the 192KHz 24bit because the two conversions (from and to the…

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CH Precision C10 DAC

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Préverenges, Switzerland | 2024 – CH Precision started life as a manufacturer of digital audio components. Our first product, the D1 CD/SACD player/transport was quickly joined by the C1 DAC/Controller and together, they established the blueprint for all future CH products: modular, updatable, upgradable, expandable and future-proof. So future proof in fact, that any C1 can be updated to full, current C1.2 status and performance – performance that still challenges the best of the competition. But as impressive as the updated C1.2 is, 15-years is a lifetime in digital electronics.…

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MSB Cascade DAC

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Watsonville CA, USA | 2024 – The Cascade DAC was born of an unwavering dedication to perfecting our craft, enabled by our enthusiasm for in-house design and vertically integrated manufacturing. This starts a new era—one built on twin foundations of innovation and experience. We began by reimagining the fundamentals of known DAC architectures from the ground up. Critical to the success of the Cascade DAC has been dividing the conversion process into three dedicated chassis and functions. First, all of the processing, sources, and interfaces that are necessary, but electrically…

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Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista DAC

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London, UK | 2023 – The Nu-Vista DAC is our new flagship DAC built around the critically acclaimed ESS 32-bit HyperStream II DAC architecture. The Nu-Vista DAC incorporates our famous Nuvistor circuitry, each channel having a fully balanced stage of Nuvistor 7586 triode tubes involved in a discrete Class A amplifier buffer. It features RCA and XLR outputs, 3x optical and 1x coax SPDIF inputs, 1x USB and 1x AES/EBU inputs. A I2S input is also there, for a future yet to be announced Nu-Vista CD-player! Technical Talk Building on…

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Rockna Wavedream DAC

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Suceava, Romania | 2023 – THE SOUND YOU EVER EXPECTED, AND BEYOND! We are proud to present our current flagship in digital audio reproduction. We believe it has the right ingredients to produce a sound that will honour it’s name. In the good tradition established by it’s predecessor, the Wavedream continues to push the limits of performance, design and sound quality. The ingredients, innovations, technology and features of the product are presented below. SOFTWARE DEFINED ARCHITECTURE We always thought that high-end audio should be everything about innovation. Playing around with…

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Totaldac d1-unity DAC

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Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux, France  | 2023 – The d1-unity benefits from the new Totaldac “unity” DAC architecture, with about 150 components upgraded or added to the electronic boards.The “unity” architecture allows a better clock distribution, a lower jitter, a lower R2R power supply rail impedance and a lower noise in the digital section. The R2R ladder resistors are still the famous naked Vishay foil.The output stage is also fully new, in terms of components and in terms of schematics, and using discrete components exclusively.This new output stage produced a 3.5V unbalanced signal…

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RT Audio R2R Multibit DAC Orpheus

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Sofia, Bulgaria  | 2022 – Our company created new conceptual R2R DAC based on legendary chip AD 1865. This DAC, like all our products, is built on the basis of our philosophy: Perfection is in simplicity. In the electronic architecture, we use short signal path, no capacitors in signal path, output transformers in dac analog  output. This DAC works in NOS mode without digital filter, due to which the sound is more natural and analog. When the DAC works in NOS mode, the phase and time distortions are reduced to…

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Musical Fidelity M6x DAC

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Vienna, Austria  | 2022 – General Description: Our M6x DAC is a new milestone in the history of Musical Fidelity DACs. Its predecessor, the M6s DAC was one of the first to use the critically acclaimed ESS 32-bit HyperStream II DAC architecture. With the M6sR DAC, we continued to improve the firmware and added a few other qualities of life improvements. DSD was now easier to use, we had full Roon Support and in- & outputs were updated to keep up with the fast moving digital audio landscape. And the…

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Spec RMP-DAC3EX

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Tokyo, Japan | 2022 – For music lovers craving “real music”, not just good sound. Spec presents the digital analog converter for “REAL-SOUND”, real-life sound: RMP-DAC3EX.To reproduce realistic sound, an amplifier with excellent drive capability and a source device that reproduces tone color information without omission are required. RMP-DAC3EX reproduces a timbre signal full of musicality. The sound concept of RMP-DAC3EX “Realistic audio is the most beautiful”.This is why we strive for the most musicality in our audio equipment. One of the most important factors for achieving realistic audio reproduction is…

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CH Precision C1.2 Digital to Analog Controller

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  Préverenges, Switzerland | 2022 – Sometimes, what you want is exactly what you get. Take the C1.2 DAC/Controller as an example: You want a world-class DAC with leading edge digital design and cutting edge musical performance? You’ve got it. You want a control unit to switch multiple digital inputs and control level? You’ve got it. You want to accept and switch analog inputs? You can do that too. You want a product that‘s future proof in terms of price AND performance? The C1.2 ticks that box as well! In…

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Meitner MA3 integrated D/A Converter

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada |  2021 – Introducing Meitner Audio’s ground breaking MA3 Integrated D/A converter. The first of our next generation products. The MA3 combines Ed Meitner’s proven world-class sound techniques from our beloved DA2 V2 and DV2 converters, with network audio streaming functions from our popular and simple to use NS1 Streamer – creating one sleek, affordable package to serve your greater enjoyment of music.  The Meitner MA3: 16xDSD MDAC2™ DACs coupled with our proprietary MDAT2™ DSP VControl™ volume control used in our EMM DV2 converter Supports DSD128/2xDSD, DXD…

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Aavik Series Amplifier, DAC, Streamer & RIAA

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Aalborg, Denmark | 2021 Presenting the Aavik 180 / 280 / 580 series – Amplifier, DAC, Streamer and RIAA! Customized to meet your High-end needsThe new Aavik series are customized to meet even the most demanding requirements of your musical experience. Based on our extensive knowledge in the field of audio engineering and our ongoing endeavour to advance and redefine high-end musicality, we tapped into the properties of new material composites and designed electronic components on the journey to the launch of our newest Aavik electronics. The premium 580 series…

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dCS Bartók DAC & Headphone Amplifier

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Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom | 2019 – The new dCS Bartók DAC brings together dCS’s past, present and future. It is first and foremost a state of the art network streaming DAC that uses technology developed for the Rossini range. With the addition of the unique headphone amplifier it brings the extraordinary dCS digital experience to both headphone and stereo listeners. This single-box digital music player features the legendary dCS Ring DAC™ and signal processing platform, plus a custom high performance UPnP music streamer. Bartók plays music through an array of industry-standard USB, AES or S/PDIF…

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Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC

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Groniningen, Netherlands | 2019 – DIGITAL THAT’S AS GOOD AS ANALOGUE Responding to popular demand, Mola Mola launched the famous discrete DAC from the Makua as a separate unit. Mola Mola’s Tambaqui DAC is the perfect upgrade for owners of complete high-end systems who want to retain the characteristic sound of their existing preamplifier whilst lifting their digital sources to another level. The converter is a two board stack. On the first board, all incoming digital audio is upsampled to 3.125MHz/32 bits and converted to noise shaped PWM. On the other board…

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