Description
What XIaudio says:
In music theory, the key is a group of pitches, or scale, around which a piece of music revolves. Key is tonality, and relates to the color and emotion of the music. For example, the key C major is white, innocent and pure, E major is orange, warm and energetic, and A minor is turquoise, gentle soothing sadness like a rainy day.
K DAC is the key point, it’s the core of an audio system. XIAUDIO uses a custom R-2R ladder developed exclusively for them by Soekris of Denmark. This method of digital to analog audio conversion has become quite popular in high-performance audio, particularly with more critical headphone systems where the ability to listen to music in a highly linear fashion is key. Subtle nuances between shades of tonal colors simply flow and more accurately define the artists emotional intent hidden within.
Music flows smoothly from this K DAC with the beauty of a very finely tuned instrument, maintaining live harmonic structure and vocals in a way XIAUDIO products are so well known for. K DAC reproduces the delicate nuances in your music like no other near this price point.
Combine the K DAC with their matching Broadway Balanced headphone amplifier for a compact, high-performance audiophile desktop/gaming headphone audio system.
FEATURES:
CUSTOM R-2R LADDER DAC
– AMANERO USB INTERFACE (MADE IN ITALY)
– 384KHZ / 24BIT AND NATIVE DSD256 SUPPORT
– COMPACT SIZE (MATES WITH BROADWAY HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER)
– IR REMOTE CONTROL (VOLUME, INPUTS, FILTERS, DISPLAY, POWER)
– SELECTABLE DIGITAL FILTER SETTINGS
– DIGITAL VOLUME CONTROL
– SELF BURN-IN MODE (PUSH VOLUME KNOB IN FOR 6 SECONDS FOR MENU)
– FLOATING GROUND SWITCH
– INPUT JACK FOR OPTIONAL LINEAR POWER SUPPER OR 12 V BATTERY
DIGITAL INPUTS:
– USB
– BALANCED AES/EBU 110 Ω
– S/PDIF RCA 75 Ω (ISOLATED) AND S/PDIF BNC 75 Ω
– TOSLINK (OPTICAL)
– I2S VIA HDMI
USB & HDMI I2S INPUT UP TO PCM 24 BIT / 384 KHZ SAMPLE RATE, DSD64, DSD128, DSD256. ALL OTHER INPUTS UP TO PCM 24 BIT 192 KHZ
ANALOG OUTPUTS:
RCA X2 (STEREO) AND XLR X2 (STEREO)
SPECIFICATIONS:
THD@-1DB: 0.008%
THD@-60DB 0.03%
CLOCK JITTER RMS: 0.8 PS TYPICAL
DYNAMIC RANGE: 130.5 DB
S/N RATIO (0 HZ-20 KHZ): 127DB UNWEIGHTED
LATENCY FROM DIGITAL INPUT TO ANALOG OUTPUT: <= 1 MS (GREAT FOR VIDEO AND GAMING!)
AUDIO OUTPUT RCA SINGLE ENDED (R-2R LADDER DIRECT): 1.4V RMS (VARIABLE)
AUDIO OUTPUT XLR BALANCED (BUFFERED): 4V RMS (VARIABLE)
DIMENSIONS: 212 MM * 62 MM (NOT INCLUDING FEET) * 156 MM (NOT INCLUDING IN/OUTPUT TERMINAL AND VOLUME CONTROL KNOB)
INPUT VOLTAGE: STANDARD IEC MAINS INLET, AUTO SWITCHING 100-240 VAC, 50-60 HZ (AC CABLE NOT INCLUDED)(DC 12 V INPUT JACK, 12-14 VDC, >= 1.0 A)
WEIGHT:1.3 KG
