Welcome to the world of serious non-oversampling D/A converters. Audial is specialist in this area, and Audial DACs design is always the outcome of serious and devotional research and development.
At this moment Audial offers three D/A converters. Two reference Model S units based on TDA1541A chip, one of them having a classic S/PDIF input, and another one inteded for use with PC via USB interafce.
The third is the D-09, which applies somewhat simpler approach in a D/A and output stage design, and expands on flexibility.
The table below points out the main features of Audial DACs.
| Model S USB | Model S | D-09 | |
| Inputs | USB | 2 x S/PDIF (BNC) | 1 x USB, 3 x S/PDIF (BNC, RCA, optical) |
| Fs Max | 192 kHz | 96 kHz |
192 kHz @ S/PDIF 48 kHz @ USB |
| DAC IC | TDA1541A | TDA1541A | TDA1387 |
| Analog Outputs | RCA, XLR | RCA, XLR | RCA |
| Digital Output |
/ | / | S/PDIF (BNC) |
| Output Stage |
hybrid (discrete / IC), zero feedback, transformer coupled |
hybrid (discrete / IC), zero feedback, transformer coupled |
discrete, zero feedback, capacitor coupled |
| THD (@ -6dBFS) |
0.002% | 0.002% | 0.003% |
| Dimensions, Weight | 431.5 x 260 x 118 mm, 10 kg |
431.5 x 320 x 102 mm, 9.3 kg |
290 x 185 x 55 mm, 1.7 kg |
