Monday, 07 April 2014 19:36

Pro-Ject DAC Box DS - now with upgrade for DSD.

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DAC Box DS with upgrade that allows it to also play DSD.

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Pro-Ject has a lot of series, and in these series you will find many small boxes. One of these series DS series, and this includes DAC Box DS. This is a DAC that has both optical and coax digital input. In addition, there is also an asynchronous USB input which takes 24 bits / 192 kHz. DAC chip is PCM 1792, a widely used chip in the high-end DACs.

Now  the Norwegian importer Ljudtema reports that an upgraded version is on its way. This should be able to stream DSD - both 64x and 128x. It is interesting to note that exsisting samples of CAD Box DSD are software-upgradeable to play DSD.

 

 

Tecnical data for Pro-Ject DAC Box DS:

• Top grade PCM-1792 D / A chip from Texas Instruments

• 3 Inputs: 1x USB, 1x optical (Toslink), 1x coaxial (S / PDIF)

• 24bit/192kHz asynchronous USB streaming

• 8 times oversampling

• 2 selectable filter settings

• Ultra linear Circuitry

• Extremely low impedance output stage

• Gold-plated RCA line level output sockets

• DC power supply (<1 watt standby power)

• Face plate in silver or black

 

The new edition will be available in May. Retail Price in Norway is 4.000, - NOK


Importer: Ljudtema.

 

 

Read the press release from Pro-Ject in this pdf-file:

 

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