Saturday, January 21, 2012
iBasso D7
Portable USB DAC with volume control and headphone out.
- True 24Bit/192K USB-DAC, supports bit for bit decoding.
- Asynchronous USB transfer
- WM8740 DAC chip
- Up to 24Bit/192K coaxial output
- RCA output and Line out.
- Built-in +/- 5V class A headphone amplfier that run off of USB power
- Full aluminum case
- Measures 60W*93L*22H (mm), and weights 108g
- Comes with USB Cable, and Leather pouch
Price: US$ 179
Website
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Anedio D2 DAC
Pre-amp / DAC with various digital inputs and headphone out.
Asynchronous USB using the XMOS receiver, Thesycon driver for Win (USB audio class 2).
Inputs:
USB: 24 bits, 44.1K, 48K, 88.2K, 96K, 176.4K, 192KHz
SPDIF 75-ohm BNC + RCA: 24 bits, 44.1K, 48K, 88.2K, 96K, 176.4K, 192KHz
SPDIF 75-ohm RCA: 24 bits, 44.1K, 48K, 88.2K, 96K, 176.4K, 192KHz
Tosllink Optical: 24 bits, 44.1K, 48K, 88.2K, 96KHz
Outputs:
RCA and XLR
Headphone
Price: US$1470
Website
Phase Tech HD-7D192
USB audio class 2 compliant DAC with USB receiver by XMOS.
Inputs: SPDIF (optical/coax) / asynchronous USB
Outputs: AES/EBU, ciax, I2S
Word sync out.
Website
Price: Yen 249,900
Musical Fidelity Vlink192
24 bit/ 192 kHz asynchronous USB converter
It has both coax and fully balanced digital outputs.
Both are fully galvanically isolated.
USB receiver by XMOS
Price: $399
Website
ATOLL DAC200
Pre-amp/DAC with various digital inputs and headphone out
Inputs
- 1 AES/EBU
- 2 SPDIF coaxi
- 3 SPDIF optical
- 1 asynchronous USB : 24bits/192kHz (XMOS, driver for Win)
- 1 wireless dongle
- 1 coax
- 1 optical
- 1 RCA
- 1 XLR
- 1 headphone
Price: €1500
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Arcam D33
DAC with a USB Class 1 electrically-isolated USB 1.1 and a Class 2 USB 2.0 High Speed (480 Mbit/s) not electrically-isolated input.
Both probably asynchronous
Analogue Audio Output
Price: £2000
Website
Both probably asynchronous
Analogue Audio Output
- Conversion 2x Burr Brown 24-bit 192kHz Advanced Segment Delta-Sigma
- Signal to noise ratio > 110dB CCIR (unweighted)
- Harmonic distortion (1kHz) 0.0008% (20Hz — 20kHz, unweighted)
- Frequency response (+0.1dB, -0.5dB) 10Hz–20kHz
- Filtering User selectable, fast or slow roll-off
- Output level (0dB) 2.2Vrms
- Output impedance 47Ω
- Minimum load 5kΩ
- USB Class 1 electrically-isolated USB 1.1
- Class 2 USB 2.0 High Speed (480 Mbit/s)
- AES/EBU Up to 192kHz sample rate
- Coaxial S/PDIF x 2 Up to 192kHz sample rate
- Optical S/PDIF (TOSLINK) x 2 Up to 96kHz sample rate Computer compatibility
- PC Windows 7, Vista & XP (driver required for 24/192 material)
- MAC OSX (no driver required)
- Dimensions W433 x D370 x H110mm
- Weight 6.2kg nett/10.0kg packed
- Power consumption 30W maximum
- Analogue output connection RCA Phono x 2, Balanced XLR x2
Price: £2000
Website
Cambridge Audio Stream Magic 6
Streaming audio player
Wolfson WM8740 DACs in dual differential mode
24-bit/384kHz upsampling
Inputs
Wi-Fi / Ethernet
S/PDIF optical and electrical
24 /192 asynchronous USB (driver for Win)
Services: Aupeo!, BBC iPlayer Radio, Pandora, Rhapsody, Sirius/XM and MP3Tunes
Remote: Stream Magic Remote app for the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad
Price: € 995.00
Source: What Hi-Fi?
Wolfson WM8740 DACs in dual differential mode
24-bit/384kHz upsampling
Inputs
Wi-Fi / Ethernet
S/PDIF optical and electrical
24 /192 asynchronous USB (driver for Win)
Services: Aupeo!, BBC iPlayer Radio, Pandora, Rhapsody, Sirius/XM and MP3Tunes
Remote: Stream Magic Remote app for the iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad
Price: € 995.00
Source: What Hi-Fi?
Monday, January 9, 2012
DSPeaker Anti-Mode 2.0 Dual Core
Room correction and USB DAC
Manufacturers description:
The new DSPeaker Anti-Mode 2.0 Dual Core room correction system can be used to correct any stereo audio system automatically. It utilizes a highly powerful DSP chipset for master grade room correction, the new dual-core VS8053 "IceDragon".
The new Anti-Mode Dual Core can be inserted between a pre-amp and a power amp (or active speakers). With automatic calibration and built-in TFT screen to display the room measurements, it offers the unmatched ease of use DSPeaker is famous for around the world.
In addition to the acclaimed Anti-Mode room correction, Dual Core also offers remote controlled USB-DAC / S/PDIF-DAC, pre-amp, volume control and versatile EQ functions. All easily controlled with the featured remote control. Both balanced XLR/RCA connections are available, but also Pure-Digital mode where the corrected signal is passed through completely in the digital domain.
Price: $1200 / €850
Website
Manufacturers description:
The new DSPeaker Anti-Mode 2.0 Dual Core room correction system can be used to correct any stereo audio system automatically. It utilizes a highly powerful DSP chipset for master grade room correction, the new dual-core VS8053 "IceDragon".
The new Anti-Mode Dual Core can be inserted between a pre-amp and a power amp (or active speakers). With automatic calibration and built-in TFT screen to display the room measurements, it offers the unmatched ease of use DSPeaker is famous for around the world.
In addition to the acclaimed Anti-Mode room correction, Dual Core also offers remote controlled USB-DAC / S/PDIF-DAC, pre-amp, volume control and versatile EQ functions. All easily controlled with the featured remote control. Both balanced XLR/RCA connections are available, but also Pure-Digital mode where the corrected signal is passed through completely in the digital domain.
- Automatically corrects any stereo system with userdefined frequency range
- Remote controller
- Can be used as a digital 1.1 crossover
- Measures and displays the room response on a color TFT display
- Supports multiple measurement points
- Custom parametric EQs (notching, peaking, lowpass, highpass)
- Easy to use House curve and Tiltcurve tools
- Supports several independent "sweet spots", selectable with remote controller
- USB DAC
- Dual 6 MHz oversampling multibit DAC per output channel
- Dual 192 kHz ADC per input channel
- Pure Digital mode (Optical)
- Digitally controlled analog volume control
Price: $1200 / €850
Website
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Wyred 4 Sound µDAC
- 24/192 coaxial/Toslink
- asynchronous 24/96 USB
- ESS Sabre DAC
- 3.5”x3.5” chassis
Website
Price: US$ 399
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Pioneer N-50
Networked audio player
Protocols:
- Airplay
- DLNA 1.5 certified
- vTuner
Inputs:
- 192khz 24 bit Bit Asynchronous USB
- S/PDIF (Coax & Toslink),
- Ethernet/LAN input,
- front panel USB for Mass storage/iPod/iPhone/iPad
Output:
- RCA
- S/PDIF (24/192 Coax & Toslink)
iPhone and Android Control Application
Price: $699
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Wadax active loudspeaker
The La Pasión is a three way $106,500, self powered
digital loudspeaker.
Only a
source is required to complete the system.
Each driver is independently powered.
DACs inside each La Pasión loudspeaker have a specifically designed current
output stage to directly drive the tweeter with no degradation of the DAC
performance.
Individual 400-watt Wadax digital amps drive the midrange and
woofer modules.
Additionally, binding posts are provided to externally amplify
the midrange drivers if desired.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Devialet D-Premier
DAC (digital-to-analogue converter), stereo preamplifier and stereo power amplifier in a single chassis.
Streaming over WiFi.
The initial release of the Devialet AIR Application works with:
- iTunes (as a library browser) on Mac or PC
- up to CD resolution (RedBook 44.1 kHz / 16 bits)
- Wide range of formats: uncompressed PCM formats (WAV, AIFF), lossless codecs (ALAC, FLAC), lossy codecs (AAC, some MPEGs)
An upgrade of the Application (Q1 2012) will support all lossless and lossy formats and expand resolution to 96 kHz / 24 bits.
Website
Audioengine D2 Wireless 24/96 DAC
The D2 sends a 24bit/96KHz PCM stereo digital stream over-the-air in a "closed-system" Wi-Fi configuration. The system's proprietary RF technology ensures data integrity with no impact on existing routers or networks. The volume control on the D2 Sender is transmitted over an entirely separate channel so there is no impact on the digital audio stream.
- Wireless bit-perfect 24/96 digital-to-analog converter
- USB-to-S/PDIF converter
- Mac or PC plug-and-play, no drivers or network setup
- Precision receiver re-clocking for low jitter
- USB and optical inputs
- Optical and analog outputs
- Burr-Brown PCM1792 DAC
Price: US$ 599
Website
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