Description
Excellent DAC for a sensible price.
We’ve reviewed this DAC alongside far more expensive units and it holds its own very well. It worked best with our Aurender N100H via USB but also performed well via Optical in from our CD player.
We reckon this is a no-brainer DAC for anyone with a CD player in the $1000 – $2000 range and wants better performance, or for anyone using a server or streamer device.
USB and Optical (Toslink) inputs
Headphone outputs
Two 3.5mm mini-phone jacks
One ¼” phone jack
3.5mm mini-phone jacks configurable to balanced mode
Asynchronous transfer mode for USB input
DSD or PCM input over USB
Minimum phase digital filter
Single-pass 16x oversampling
Ayre’s exclusive Diamond output circuit
Linear analog AyreLock power supply
zero-feedback and fully-balanced discrete circuitry
Equilock circuitry for active gain devices
Output Level
Headphone or Preamp Mode : 7.0 volts balanced, 3.5 volts single-ended
DAC Mode : 4.0 volts balanced, 2.0 volts single-ended
Input
USB : PCM 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz, 352.8 kHz, 384 kHz (up to 24 bits), DSD64, DSD128
Optical input (Toslink)
Dimensions
2.25″W x 9″D x 5.25″H (5.5 cm x 23 cm x 13.7 cm)
Weight
3 pounds (1.4 kg)
Shipping in US only. No Box. Manual online.
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