The Well-Tempered Computer, an introduction to computer audio

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Bladelius USB DAC

Swedish Bladelius Design Group, makers of ultra high end and stylish audio equipment, is launching a smallish and competitively priced USB-only DAC (rumored to be priced around $500).
Photo credit: www.my-hiend.com
Key features

  • Up to 24-bit/192kHz (Burr-brown DAC chip)
  • Asynchronous USB transfer
  • Low jitter crystal osciallator
  • Powered by USB bus
  • Galvanic isolation between USB and analog circuits
  • Super low noise power supply with mutistage regulation and filtering
  • Low order modulator to filter out of band noise
  • Minimum phase (low pre-ringing) digital filter 
  • High power analog output stage via high quality RCA outputs