Fully Upgradable
Bifrost's modular design uses separate, snap-in USB Input and DAC/Analog cards. When USB technology changes, you can simply drop in a new, better USB Input Card. When meaningful upgrades to D/A converters come out, you can snap in a new DAC/Analog Card.
AKM4399 D/A Converter and Discrete Analog Section
AKM4399 "Super DAC" 32 bit D/A converter is used and its analog section is a fully discrete, low noise JFET design—the only op-amp in the box is a DC servo.
Advanced Bitperfect Clock Management
Bifrost dispenses with the sample rate converter and uses a sophisticated master clock management system to deliver bit-perfect data to the DAC, preserving all the original music samples--whether it's 16/44.1 or 24/192.
Asynchronous USB 2.0, 24/192,
Featuring a high-speed USB 2.0 interface and asynchronous data transfer to 24/192, based on the C-Media CM6631 USB receiver. No drivers are required for Macs, and Windows drivers will be downloadable from this site for Windows 7, Vista, and XP. Please note that this is a $100 option.
Specifications
- Inputs: Coaxial SPDIF, Optical SPDIF, USB (optional)
- Input Capability: up to 24/192 for all inputs
- Input Receiver, SPDIF: Crystal Semiconductor CS8416
- Input Receiver, USB: C-Media CM6631
- D/A Conversion IC: AKM4399
- Analog Summing, Filtering: Fully Discrete, DC Coupled
- Output: Dual RCA (single-ended)
- Output Impedance: 75 ohms
- Frequency Response, Analog Summing Stage: 2Hz-100KHz, -1dB (actual frequency response limited by sample rate)
- Maximum Output: 2.2VRMS
- THD: Less than 0.001%, 20Hz-20KHz
- S/N: Greater than 108dB
- Power supply: 5 stages of regulation, including separate supplies for critical digital and analog sections.
- Upgradability: Separate, modular USB Input Card and DAC/Analog Card are snap-in replaceable.
- Power Consumption: 15W
- Size: 9 x 6.75 x 2.25”
- Weight: 5 lbs
