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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