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HD DAC ... digital / analog converter ... 15,000 € ... double DSD format at a sampling frequency of 5.6 MHz ... Nagra worked hand-in-hand with Andreas Koch of AKDesign ... isolated transformers drive an output circuit designed around a single ended tube. These transformers provide a voltage gain (No gain is electronically produced) ... no feedback was introduced ... The unit totals 25 independent decoupled power supplies ... Two external power supplies are used to power the analog and digital parts of the unit separately ( these can be replaced by the Nagra MPS multiple power supply ) ... Digital inputs: 2x S/DIF, 2 AES/EBU, 1 Optical, 1 USB Audio (mode 2), 1x I2S (Nagra format) ... Analog outputs: 1x stereo on RCA, 1x stereo XLR (symmetrical on transformers available as an option) ... Compatible digital formats: PCM 24 bits up to 384 kHz, DXD, DSD x 2 ... Bandwidth: 5 Hz à 40 kHz (+0 – 3dB) ... Signal-to-noise ratio: -128 dBr (linear) ... Distortion: < 0.02% (à -20dBFS).

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