All items tagged with DAC (173)
RME Updates ADI-2 DAC and RME Babyface Pro Interface with FS Models
November 13, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

RME Updates ADI-2 DAC and RME Babyface Pro Interface with FS Models

German manufacturer RME Audio introduced improved "FS" versions of its ADI-2 DAC and RME Babyface Pro portable audio interface. FS stands for the improved SteadyClock FS, a new technology for synchronization and jitter suppression in digital audio signals using even more efficient filtering, and a design based on a super low jitter reference clock. The new ADI-2 Pro FS also introduces an AKM AK4493 PCM/DSD 768 kHz DAC converter, in a special circuit variant developed by RME engineers.
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Denon Introduces PMA-150H Network-Enabled Integrated Amplifier and DAC
September 3, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Denon Introduces PMA-150H Network-Enabled Integrated Amplifier and DAC

Denon announced its latest high-performance integrated network amplifier, the PMA-150H, directly targeting new generations with the desire to upgrade their listening experience. The compact PMA-150 easily connects all popular digital and analog sources, including CD players, TVs, turntables, and USB devices. Its HEOS built-in technology enables access to music over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and wired Ethernet using the HEOS app, or streamed directly via Apple Airplay 2 and Spotify Connect.
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Creative Expands Super X-Fi Range with Sound Blaster X3 and Super X-Fi Theater Headphones
September 3, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Creative Expands Super X-Fi Range with Sound Blaster X3 and Super X-Fi Theater Headphones

Creative Technology will be showcasing its latest range of audio solutions at IFA 2019 (September 5-11). Spanning categories from high-performance headphones and true wireless earbuds to portable speakers and high-resolution sound cards, Creative will be featuring a diverse portfolio of products at its booth, including exclusive previews of the first Sound Blaster with Super X-Fi processing and what the company calls its best Super X-Fi headphones yet, the new Super X-Fi Theater Headphones.
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Bryston Introduces BDA-3.14 Multi-Function Streaming DAC with Integrated Music Player
August 30, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Bryston Introduces BDA-3.14 Multi-Function Streaming DAC with Integrated Music Player

Bryston has introduced the BDA-3.14 multi-function DAC that adds an array of impressive features to its existing BDA-3 DAC platform. Delivering the level of performance and build quality that users expect from Bryston, the new DAC includes a built-in music player, onboard digital volume control and an updated user interface. The BDA-3.14 will be available from Bryston dealers beginning Q4, 2019 and carry an MSRP of $4195 USD.
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Schiit Audio Reimagines the DAC and Headphone Amp with Latest Asgard 3 and Bifrost 2
August 29, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Schiit Audio Reimagines the DAC and Headphone Amp with Latest Asgard 3 and Bifrost 2

Schiit Audio just released the Asgard 3 amp and modular DAC, and the Bifrost2, the company's latest DAC that features a leap forward in USB technology. As Jason Stoddard, the founder and lead designer of Schiit Audio, explains "what do you do when it’s time to replace both of the products that started it all? I mean literally — Asgard was our first product period, Bifrost was our first digital product, and both started out being built in a garage. Well, here’s what we do: rethink everything."
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miniDSP Launches IL-DSP Tiny Headphone Amplifier Based on XMOS xCORE-200
August 28, 2019 by Joao Martins

miniDSP Launches IL-DSP Tiny Headphone Amplifier Based on XMOS xCORE-200

Those tireless folks from miniDSP have done it again! The Hong-Kong company just announced IL-DSP (In Line DSP), a tiny USB headphone amplifier with integrated DSP that is the perfect device to insert between any mobile music source and one's favorite headphones. This is a USB Audio class 2 device interface for PC-Mac-Linux-Android OS with a 3.5mm stereo jack output that is PCM and DSD capable, and features 10 PEQ filters (IIR correction) to equalize headphones, 3 button controls and an embedded microphone.
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McIntosh Announces Most Versatile Tube Preamp Ever with New DA2 Digital Module
August 16, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

McIntosh Announces Most Versatile Tube Preamp Ever with New DA2 Digital Module

McIntosh announced the C2700 Vacuum Tube Preamplifier, a highly versatile 16-input preamp which combines 70 years of tube expertise with the very latest high resolution digital audio technology, courtesy of the company’s new, upgradeable DA2 Digital Audio Module (DAC). A reference in home entertainment and high quality audio for 70 years, McIntosh designed a highly versatile, featured-packed tube preamp for today’s modern music lover.
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Rupert Neve Designs Introduces Fidelice Line of High-Fidelity Products
July 31, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Rupert Neve Designs Introduces Fidelice Line of High-Fidelity Products

Shown for the first time during the 2019 CanJam London Show, Rupert Neve Designs introduced Fidelice, a new product range for the high-fidelity audio market. The initial Fidelice product lineup includes the Precision Headphone Amplifier, Precision Phono Pre-Amplifier, and Precision Digital-to-Analog Converter. The Fidelice range was designed specifically as a response to the attention generated in the high-end segment by products such as the RNHP Precision Headphone Amplifier.
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Bobwire Audio Introduces Solution to Missing 12-Volt Trigger on Popular Music Streaming Devices
July 15, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Bobwire Audio Introduces Solution to Missing 12-Volt Trigger on Popular Music Streaming Devices

Bobwire Audio, a new company based out of San Francisco, CA, has introduced its first product, the DAT1 Digital Audio Trigger, which adds an industry-standard 12-volt DC trigger output to any audio component with a digital audio optical (SPDIF) output. This allows devices like the Sonos Connect, Amazon Echo Link, and many others that lack 12-volt triggers, to turn on and off connected power amplifiers and other equipment. The device also provides an analog audio output and high-quality DAC.
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RME Updates ADI-2 Pro Firmware with User-Requested Features
July 2, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

RME Updates ADI-2 Pro Firmware with User-Requested Features

RME released a new firmware for their ADI-2 Pro series, including ADI-2 Pro AE and FS. The ADI-2 Pro is a measurement quality AD/DA converter, a high-end DAC, and an unbelievably clean and powerful headphone amp. Based on sample rates up to 768kHz and DSD256 playback and recording, up to 6 input and 8 output channels of mixed digital and analog domain, and a powerful DSP providing a multitude of audio processing functions, the unit has been extremely successful and is still growing in popularity.
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