All items tagged with ESS Technology (87)
SABRE DACs from ESS Technology to Integrate MQA Rendering
May 8, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

SABRE DACs from ESS Technology to Integrate MQA Rendering

ESS Technology has announced that it will be launching versions of its popular SABRE audio DACs that feature integrated MQA rendering. This will enable easy implementation of MQA across a wide variety of applications, including more mobile devices. As MQA technology is becoming widely accepted as a standard for distributing high resolution files and streams across a variety of platforms, the new ESS chips will enable manufacturers to easily implement MQA support.
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SteelSeries Launches High-Res Certified Arctis Pro Gaming Headset Line
March 14, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

SteelSeries Launches High-Res Certified Arctis Pro Gaming Headset Line

While the gaming graphics card and displays market continues to grow and push consumer expectations forward with beautifully immersive visuals, SteelSeries believes that audio reproduction in speaker and headset solutions has fallen behind the curve. Now, the fast-growing gaming headset brand, introduced the Arctis Pro Line to raise the stakes in premium headset performance for gaming and entertainment on PlayStation 4 consoles and PC.
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OPPO Digital UDP-205 Review: A 4K Ultra HD Audiophile Blu-ray Disc Player
December 6, 2017 by Gary Galo

OPPO Digital UDP-205 Review: A 4K Ultra HD Audiophile Blu-ray Disc Player

audioXpress November 2017 featured one of the most eagerly awaited reviews: the OPPO Digital UDP-205 4K Ultra HD Audiophile Blu-ray Disc Player. The new UDP-205 features dual ES9038PRO Sabre DAC chips, improved HDMI audio clock, asynchronous USB DAC with coaxial and optical inputs, headphone amplifier, and a dedicated stereo output with XLR balanced connectors. In his review Gary Galo explains why this is the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc player for which audio enthusiasts were waiting.
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Ideas, Focus, and Innovation, Available with audioXpress November 2017
October 10, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Ideas, Focus, and Innovation, Available with audioXpress November 2017

Discover some outstanding speaker designs in the Midwest Audiofest 2017 Speaker Competition with audioXpress November 2017. In this edition, audioXpress also features one of the most eagerly awaited reviews: the OPPO Digital UDP-205 4K Ultra HD Audiophile Blu-ray Disc Player. Focusing on audio processing, we discuss active noise control for headphones, and we address "Measurement of Audio Devices" that use automatic gain control (AGC). In our "You Can DIY!" article, Dan Joffe describes a 1 kHz oscillator with less than 2 PPM distortion. And much more...
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Fresh From the Bench: Benchmark DAC3 HGC Stereo D/A Converter
July 20, 2017 by Gary Galo

Fresh From the Bench: Benchmark DAC3 HGC Stereo D/A Converter

Benchmark Media Systems' DAC series of high performance digital-to-analog converters (DACs) have earned the respect of audio enthusiasts and professional users alike for their state-of-the-art performance, including exceptional audio transparency and vanishingly-low levels of noise and distortion. Now Benchmark has made its DAC3 even better with the upgrade to ESS Technology’s new ES9028PRO DAC chip. The DAC3 HGC, reviewed here, combines an analog preamplifier with the DAC. This article was originally published in audioXpress, July 2017.
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beyerdynamic Announces Impacto essential Digital-Analog Converter in Headphone Cable
June 27, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

beyerdynamic Announces Impacto essential Digital-Analog Converter in Headphone Cable

Sound enthusiasts chose high-end headphones like the T 1 or T 5 p models from beyerdynamic expecting to get the highest quality experiences, not always provided by the sound source. In order to enable the best possible playback quality from portable devices such as notebooks or smartphones, beyerdynamic has developed the Impacto essential hi-res Digital to Analog Converter (DAC), which connects directly to USB interfaces.
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New OPPO UDP-205 is the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Player That Audio Enthusiasts Are Waiting For
April 21, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

New OPPO UDP-205 is the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc Player That Audio Enthusiasts Are Waiting For

OPPO Digital finally unveiled full details on its new UDP-205 4K Ultra HD Audiophile Blu-ray Disc Player! The UDP-205 combines the incredible video technology of the UDP-203 with industry-leading audio technology, including dual ES9038PRO Sabre DAC chips from ESS Technology, an improved HDMI Audio Clock, an asynchronous USB DAC with Coaxial & Optical inputs, a headphone amplifier, and Dedicated Stereo Output with XLR Balanced Connectors.
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Benchmark Media Systems Introduces New DAC3 D/A Converters
November 21, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Benchmark Media Systems Introduces New DAC3 D/A Converters

Benchmark has recently previewed and is already taking orders for its new DAC3 HGC D/A converter! Following the success of the previous DAC1 and DAC2 D/A reference converters, Benchmark’s newest 2-channel DAC3 features the new ESS Technologies ES9028PRO converter chip and has lower THD and THD+N noise than Benchmark’s DAC2. The DAC3 also employs an advanced high-headroom digital filter design, and all inputs are fully isolated from interface jitter by Benchmark’s new UltraLock3 jitter attenuation system.
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New ES9218 Sabre HiFi SoC from ESS Technology Introduces Highest Quality Audio for Mobile Devices
October 13, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

New ES9218 Sabre HiFi SoC from ESS Technology Introduces Highest Quality Audio for Mobile Devices

ESS Technology’s patented 32-bit HyperStream II architecture was initially launched in its Sabre PRO DAC series (ES9038PRO) at CES 2016. Based on the same architecture, the ESS team now introduced the ES9218 highly integrated HiFi SoC combining Quad 32-bit stereo DAC channels, analog volume control, 2Vrms outputs and much more. The new ESS Sabre will be powering LG’s newest smartphone, the V20.
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Ayre Acoustics Adopts ESS SABRE ES9038PRO DAC on New QX-5 Twenty Digital Hub
May 3, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Ayre Acoustics Adopts ESS SABRE ES9038PRO DAC on New QX-5 Twenty Digital Hub

ESS Technology announced that its flagship SABRE ES9038PRO Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) will be featured in the Ayre Acoustics QX-5 Twenty digital hub being introduced at the Munich High End show. This new cutting edge digital hub leverages the unmatched performance and sound quality of the ES9038PRO to extend Ayre’s decades-long record of groundbreaking innovation in audio systems design.
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