General Information
usb input accepts 24bit/96kHz signal
electro-harmonix 6922 tube single-ended (rca) output
solid-state differential balanced output
ti PCM 1796 24bit/192kHz DAC
ti SRC 4192 asynchronous sample rate converter
high precision active crystal oscillator master clock
user selectable 96kHz or 192kHz upsampling
asynchronous reclocking and anti jitter control system
8 x oversampling digital filter
4 digital inputs: coax (s/pdif), optical, XLR (AES/EBU), or USB
2 gold plated outputs; single ended (RCA), balanced (XLR)
headphone output with adjustable analog volume control
large high current oversize r-core power transformer
thick brushed aluminum fascia and solid chassis
110v/220v voltage selectable transformer
detachable power cord
Today an increasing number of music lovers are buying storing and listening to music through their computer, media server, or personal music player (iPod). Many are also digitally distributing their music using a sonos, squeezebox, or one of a host of digital music distribution systems available on the market. This is a great way to explore and appreciate music but generally it's done at the expense of sound quality. Until now music lovers have been forced to rely on the inferior digital to analog converters (DACs) and sounds cards contained in those devices. As a result, their musical enjoyment has dramatically suffered. We designed the dac25.3 to directly address this problem and to significantly improve the sound quality of the music played on these systems.
By uniting a state of the art digital to analog converter with a tube output we produce the clarity precision of a 24bit DAC with warm rich open sound people love of tubes. The dac25.3 has 4 digital inputs which can accept coax (s/pdif), optical, XLR (AES/EBU), or USB digital input from an iPod transport, computer, media server, sonos, squeezebox, CD/DVD in stereo transport, music hall's own cd35.2 compact disc player, it will output two channel stereo analog.
electro-harmonix 6922 tube single-ended (rca) output
solid-state differential balanced output
ti PCM 1796 24bit/192kHz DAC
ti SRC 4192 asynchronous sample rate converter
high precision active crystal oscillator master clock
user selectable 96kHz or 192kHz upsampling
asynchronous reclocking and anti jitter control system
8 x oversampling digital filter
4 digital inputs: coax (s/pdif), optical, XLR (AES/EBU), or USB
2 gold plated outputs; single ended (RCA), balanced (XLR)
headphone output with adjustable analog volume control
large high current oversize r-core power transformer
thick brushed aluminum fascia and solid chassis
110v/220v voltage selectable transformer
detachable power cord
Today an increasing number of music lovers are buying storing and listening to music through their computer, media server, or personal music player (iPod). Many are also digitally distributing their music using a sonos, squeezebox, or one of a host of digital music distribution systems available on the market. This is a great way to explore and appreciate music but generally it's done at the expense of sound quality. Until now music lovers have been forced to rely on the inferior digital to analog converters (DACs) and sounds cards contained in those devices. As a result, their musical enjoyment has dramatically suffered. We designed the dac25.3 to directly address this problem and to significantly improve the sound quality of the music played on these systems.
By uniting a state of the art digital to analog converter with a tube output we produce the clarity precision of a 24bit DAC with warm rich open sound people love of tubes. The dac25.3 has 4 digital inputs which can accept coax (s/pdif), optical, XLR (AES/EBU), or USB digital input from an iPod transport, computer, media server, sonos, squeezebox, CD/DVD in stereo transport, music hall's own cd35.2 compact disc player, it will output two channel stereo analog.
Increased the rating from 3 stars to 3.5 stars because this product is very nice for what it does and in its current price point.