The upcoming DAP is multibit dac, and FYI, Tera is also not using R-2R DAC.
Can you help me understand why the Tera specs say it has an r2r DAC, TJ?
And for the record, I know Tera has high praise but is hard to imagine it being tied with PortaPro, lol...
TERA-PLAYER SPECIFICATION
size: 57 x 57 x 18 mm
weight: 80 grams
case: all aluminum black anodized, laser engraved
front rear plates: 2mm aluminum black anodized, CNC machined
main chip: ARM Cortex, proprietary operating system
DAC: NOS Philips R2R with current output, ASRS element and true 16-bit resolution
oversampling: zero -> no oversampling and no digital filter on the Tera-Player
I/V conversion: Burr-Brown
headphone amplifiers: Burr Brown
oscillators: 2 separate ultra-precision crystal oscillators supplied by Golledge with RMS period jitter spec: 5ps max. and RMS phase jitter spec: 1 ps max, meeting/exceeding the performance of currently offered FemtoClocks® (FemtoClock® is a registered trademark of IDT which is in no way affiliated with AMM)
battery: Motorola LI-ION 700mAh
charging: mini-USB port 300mA, monitored by red LED
playtime on single charge: >12h (15h tested with 6 years old battery)
charge time: 2h 80%
Storage: SDHC card slot with 4/8/16 or 32 GB SDHC
currently testing SDXC cards with 64GB and 128GB (SDXC cards must be formatted to FAT32 for use in the Tera-Player,
supported file type: WAV stereo 16-bit and 24-bit. Tera does not support file formats that cripple music (i.e. mp3, DSD, etc.)
Supported sample-rates: 44.1 / 48 / 88.2 / 96 / 176.4 and 192 kHz
headphone outputs: silver plated contacts, 2 separate outputs: teramega and superduper, can be used simultaneously
recommended headphones: Koss Porta-Pro, Kramer mod. Modified Koss-PP are available from hiflightaudio
navigation: tactile pad with 5 stainless steel buttons, gold plated contactor foil, hand assembled
high quality digital volume control
navigation commands: next previous track / album / artist
supports iTunes® music library structure
5 (five) years limited warranty, 6 years for the 2014 'up Tera models
hand-made in Germany