New Emotiva DAC shows great promise
Oct 11, 2010 at 8:40 PM Post #2 of 63
Yes it does! Hope it makes other manufacturers evaluate their prices. 
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Oct 11, 2010 at 11:41 PM Post #3 of 63
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I've reserved one.  I just don't see how $299 is possible given what's inside and the described discrete output stage.
 
"The DAC used in the XDA is the AD1955 which is the same DAC as used in the ERC-1, But the real magic is in the analog drive stage after the DAC. In the ERC it has a single stage drive where the XDA uses a Dual Differential input stage with cross linked current sources, Darlington VAS stage and Darlington output stages. The discrete output stage can easily produce in excess of 2 amps of current and swing in excess of 12v. So it will completely take all cables out of the equation."
 
 
 
Oct 12, 2010 at 5:17 AM Post #7 of 63
Looks incredible, I am in.
 
Edit: I wonder if it is similar or better than the DAC section of the ERC-1.
 
Here is some info about what I was wondering.
http://emonatics.com/XDA-1.shtml
 
Oct 12, 2010 at 12:12 PM Post #8 of 63
"The discrete output stage can easily produce in excess of 2 amps of current and swing in excess of 12v. So it will completely take all cables out of the equation"
 
On another point, this DAC's balanced output should be able to directly drive balanced headphones fabulously, and I imagine balanced Senn HD6xx will have a field day.
 
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