All items tagged with USB DAC (24)

ESS Expands its USB DAC Portfolio with New ES9260 Low-Power Solution

March 4, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

ESS Expands its USB DAC Portfolio with New ES9260 Low-Power Solution

ESS Technology announced the ES9260, a new USB DAC solution with integrated PLL and regulator, optimized for low-power consumption. Intended for use in USB-C headsets and audio adaptors that demand high-quality sound and long play times, the new SoC offers lower power consumption than existing solutions while still delivering the highest-quality sound in its class.

Schiit Audio Announces Unison USB Upgrades Now Available on All Schiit Upgradable DACs

January 30, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Schiit Audio Announces Unison USB Upgrades Now Available on All Schiit Upgradable DACs

Schiit Audio announced the immediate availability of its Unison USB input for all of its upgradable DACs (Bifrost, Gungnir, and Yggdrasil.) Unison USB is Schiit's unique, proprietary USB input that is the result of 2 person-years of development, running on a general-purpose Microchip microprocessor. According to Schiit, the new Unison USB board provides superior performance at very low current draw from the host, as well as complete electromagnetic and electrostatic isolation.

RME Announces ADI-2 Pro FSR Black Edition and ADI-2 Pro FS Price Decrease

January 22, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

RME Announces ADI-2 Pro FSR Black Edition and ADI-2 Pro FS Price Decrease

RME debuted the ADI-2 Pro FSR BE, a black edition of its popular reference AD/DA converter, at the 2020 NAMM Show. The ADI-2 Pro FSR BE features a black front plate and is an all-in-one solution for a host of devices, including a high-end AD/DA converter, a USB DAC, a high-end AD/DA frontend and headphone amp for iOS devices, a multi-format converter with monitoring function, an AD/DA frontend of audio measurement at up to 768 kHz sample rate, and a DSD record and playback solution.

Dense Launches Adapt Reference High Performance Portable USB Audio DAC

November 6, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Dense Launches Adapt Reference High Performance Portable USB Audio DAC

Dense, a San Jose-based audio startup, created the Adapt Reference audio DAC as a portable audio performance boost device for smartphones and personal computers. Dense successfully raised the funds for the production on Kickstarter and delivered the unique product to early backers. Now, the company launched its homepage and the Adapt Reference DAC ($209.99) is now officially available and ready to be distributed worldwide.

Kanto TUK High-End Powered Speaker with AMT Tweeter, Bluetooth, Phono Connectivity and More

September 12, 2019 by Joao Martins

Kanto TUK High-End Powered Speaker with AMT Tweeter, Bluetooth, Phono Connectivity and More

Kanto is a Canadian audio company specializing in colorful powered bookshelf and desktop speakers, designed for modern lifestyles. These compact speakers are not only good sounding and affordable, but they have all-in-one features such as an integrated USB DAC, phono preamp, Bluetooth and optical TOSLINK inputs, and can be connected with one of the Kanto powered subwoofers. But Kanto also wants to promote high end sound quality in the same form factor, and that’s why they launched the Kanto TUK speakers and had a dedicated demo room at RMAF 2019.

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.

Dense Launches Kickstarter Campaign for Adapt Compact USB-C Audio DAC

October 29, 2018 by Joao Martins

Dense Launches Kickstarter Campaign for Adapt Compact USB-C Audio DAC

Another week and more audio products are pitched on crowdfunding platforms. Some products have new or clearly differentiated arguments - sometimes so new or different that it's hard to believe! - while others are simply well-designed or products that have to rely on better quality and technical arguments that consumer's will find hard to understand or believe. The latter is the reason why we decided to write about the new Dense Audio USB audio DAC, called Adapt. This is a product designed by an experienced team, who have ventured into creating a new company and launch a product "that could set a new standard and be used for a long time in this fast-changing world."

Rotel Introduces New High Performance 15 Series Stereo Components

July 10, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Rotel Introduces New High Performance 15 Series Stereo Components

For over half a century, Rotel has been manufacturing award winning hi-fi components that set new levels of audio performance within and often above its class. That tradition continues with the latest introduction of three new stereo components as part of the 15 Series. These include the new RA-1572 Integrated Amplifier, RC-1572 Stereo PreAmplifier, and RCD-1572 CD Player, all designed with upgraded connectivity options.

OPPO Announces Sonica DAC and Network Streamer with ES9038PRO 32-bit HyperStream Converter

February 1, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

OPPO Announces Sonica DAC and Network Streamer with ES9038PRO 32-bit HyperStream Converter

OPPO Digital announced that the new Sonica DAC is ready for release. Sonica DAC can be used as a an asynchronous USB DAC with any computer, as a high resolution media player, or even as a network streamer playing content from DLNA servers and via AirPlay and Bluetooth. It features an ES9038PRO 32-bit HyperStream DAC, the audio circuitry is powered by a massive toroidal power transformer, and the audio output path is fully balanced.

miniDSP Introduces World’s Smallest Dirac Live Hardware Processor

July 20, 2016 by Joao Martins

miniDSP Introduces World’s Smallest Dirac Live Hardware Processor

miniDSP introduced the DDRC-24, a USB DAC+DSP Digital Room Correction processor powered by Dirac Live, featuring Toslink, analog inputs and up to 4 processed outputs for 2.0, 2.1, or 2-way active speaker configurations. With the smallest Dirac Live hardware processor miniDSP is making room correction even easier and more affordable, perfect for tuning hi-fi listening rooms, subwoofer integration, tuning mobile applications and adjusting monitors in recording studios.

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