Digital to Analog Converters (DAC)

Digital to Analog Converters (DAC)

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List of DACs

• Manufacturer: Berkeley Audio Design
  Model: Alpha
  Price: $5,000 USD
  Inputs: AES/EBU (single wire) 110Ω, Coaxial S/PDIF (BNC) 75Ω, Optical S/PDIF (TosLink), and BADA (RJ-45) Encrypted.
  Outputs: Stereo Analog single ended (RCA), and Stereo Analog Balanced (XLR)
  Supported Resolutions by input: All inputs support from 32kHz to 192kHz sample rate and from 16-bit to 24-bit world length.
  Additional: HDCD decoding detects 16-bit flag at 44.1kHz or 24-bit flag at all sampling rates. One important note: The Berkeley's BADA (RJ-45) Encrypted input is not (currently?) an input for music over ethernet. It is an input for software upgrades to the DAC only. All other inputs support digital music decoding.

• Manufacturer: Weiss Engineering
  Model: Minerva
  Price: $4,995 USD
  Inputs: AES/EBU (single or dual wire), Coaxial S/PDIF (RCA), Optical S/PDIF (TosLink), FireWire (2 FireWire 400 ports).
  Outputs: Stereo analog balanced (XLR) and stereo analog single ended (RCA), digital audio output on Firewire, AES/EBU balanced (XLR) and Coaxial S/PDIF (RCA).
  Supported Resolutions by input: All inputs support from 44.1kHz to 192kHz sample rate and from 16-bit to 24-bit world length.
  Additional: Software works with Windows XP and Vista 32 and 64 bit, Mac OS X Universal binary supports 10.4.11 and up, 10.5.2 and up on Mac Intel and PPC platforms. Volume control via frontpanel switches.

• Manufacturer: Wavelength Audio
  Model: Cosecant V3
  Price: $3500
  Inputs: USB
  Outputs: RCA
  Supported Resolutions by input: up to 24/96
  Additional: Silver Upgrade +$6500, Volume Control +$500 also have choice of DAC chip.

• Manufacturer: Apogee Electronics
  Model: MiniDAC Firewire
  Price: $986
  Inputs: AES/EBU (2x single or 1x dual wire) (DB9), 1x Coaxial S/PDIF (RCA), 1x Optical S/PDIF (TosLink), 1x ADAT, FireWire (1x FireWire 400 port).
  Outputs: Stereo Analog Balanced (XLR), Stereo Analog single ended (1/8" jack) and Stereo Headphones (1/4” jack )
  Supported Resolutions by input: All inputs support from 44.1kHz to 192kHz (Except up to 48kHz on TosLink optical S/PDIF) sample rate and from 16-bit to 24-bit world length.
  Additional: Software works with Windows XP (With drivers), Mac OS X (No drivers needed) from the 10.4.11 and up to 10.6.2 (Mac Intel and PPC platforms). Volume control on the front panel (Selectable internally), variable XLR output (Internal micro potentiometers).

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