REGA DAC-R - $950 - (Davenport, IA)
DAC-RThe Rega DAC-R is a 16/20/24-bit at 32kHz to 192kHz digital to analogueconverter. Incorporating an enhanced version of the Rega designed circuit,the DAC-R offers the highest possible resolution over all inputs includingfully asynchronous USB with the addition of remote functionality.Developed to be simple to set up and use, the Rega DAC-R is designedto optimise performance from any two channel PCM digital audio source.With the PC now widely accepted as a credible medium for storing andstreaming music,the use of high quality lossless files such as WAV, FLACand ALAC offer performance through the DAC-R equal to, and in somecases better than, Red Book CD. Great care has been taken to removenoise generated by the PC and other input sources. (During developmentthis was identified as a major drawback with many DAC’s on the markettoday).The DAC-R is housed in a custom aluminium and steel case and boastsa pair of Wolfson DAC IC’s, three user selectable digital filters and oneisolated asynchronous USB, two isolated Co-axial inputs & two ToslinkSPDIF inputs.The DAC-R has been designed and engineered to integrate perfectly intoany system and achieve the highest performance in its class. We hopeyou enjoy this Rega product for many years to come.The optical and coaxial input stage comprises a Wolfson digital receiverwith a high stability, low jitter clock driving the receiver PLL. The receiverand PLL have their own dedicated power supplies.The DAC stage comprises a pair of parallel-connected Wolfson WM8742 DAC’s,that are driven via a buffer stage, which ensures the integrity of the data being fedto the DAC IC’s similar to the arrangement used in the Isis reference CDP.The USB input stage is comprised of a bit perfect XMOS USB Audio 2.0with asynchronous clocking. The USB input stage feeds the Optical andCoaxial input stage via an isolating transformer giving total isolation fromthe host computer.The output amplifier employs a discrete differential, multiple feedbac…
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