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Wyred4Sound Dacs!

Dac1 for those looking for a DAC to focus mainly on SPDIF sources and to operate as a stand-along unit.  The DAC-2 offers more inputs including the overdue 24 bit / 92kHz Asynchronous USB interface, **volume control**, *remote control and HT byass.


DAC-1 product information

  • ESS 9018 Sabre32 Reference DAC (32-bit dac)
  • W4S proprietary discrete output stages for optimum sonics
  • ESS Time Domain Jitter Eliminator®
  • Upgradable Digital, output, and USB boards (designed for future improvements)
  • Automatic 500kHz oversampling for precise output filtering
  • Fully balanced design with balanced and unbalanced outputs
  • Oversized toroidal transformer
  • Robust 35A bridge rectified power-supply with 88,000uF of filtering.
  • LCD display for input and sample rate viewing
  • 2x Coax inputs
  • 2x Toslink inputs
  • 16/48 USB input (future upgrade to 24/96 USB)

Retail = $999

DAC-2 product information
  • ESS 9018 Sabre32 Reference DAC (32-bit dac)
  • W4S proprietary discrete output stages for optimum sonics
  • ESS Time Domain Jitter Eliminator®
  • Upgradable Digital, output, and USB boards (designed for future improvements)
  • Automatic 500kHz oversampling for precise output filtering
  • Fully balanced design with balanced and unbalanced outputs
  • Oversized toroidal transformer
  • Robust 35A Schottky bridge rectifier (also used in the STP-SE)
  • 88,000uf of filtering with W4S low ESR "super-cap" (also used in the STP-SE)
  • VFD display for input, sample rate, and volume control viewing
  • Remote control
  • Defeatable - 32 bit volume control via remote
  • HT Bypass inputs (selectable via DC trigger)
  • 2x Coax inputs
  • 2x Toslink inputs
  • 1x AES/EBU input
  • 1x Balanced I2S input via HDMI cable (not standard HDMI cable format)
  • 24/192 Asynchronous USB input.

Retail = $1499