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Naim DAC Digital to Analogue Converter

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Discontinued

 
£2,749.00

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Naim DAC Digital to analogue converter

Naim Audio has a special place in British audio, thanks to it's founder and inspirational leader Julian Vereker, a hugely talented mechanical and electronic engineer with a passion for, amongst many things, music. Founded in 1973, Naim has always had a firm philosophy of music first, measurements second - each Naim product is extensively auditioned as part of the product development process to make sure that it delivers clear, emotional music making ability. Naim products are designed to bring the closest facsimile of a live music event into your home listening environment, to give you maximum pleasure from your music collection.

The new Naim DAC Digital to analogue converter has been designed to extract the absolute best musical performance of your digital signal sources and files possible.

With eight S/PDIF digital inputs available on both optical toslink and coax connections, plus two USB inputs, there are a plethora of inputs with this DAC. These inputs feed the digital SPDIF data stream into an Analogue Devices Sharc digital signal processor running bespoke Naim firmware - here it acts as a data receiver and filter, handling 40 bit data streams with 16 times oversampling.

The power supply is extensively regulated to provide stable voltage supplies for all digital and analogue circuits. Not only that, but you can upgrade by adding an external Naim power supply to elevate audio performance still further.

Twin mono Burr Brown PCM1704K DAC's offer a level of performance hitherto unknown in a high end hi-fi DAC, allowing it to accept standard 16 bit 44.1kHz files (like CD) all the way up to massive high definition audio files of 32 bit resolution with 768kHz sampling frequency - make no mistake, files of this size are necessary for truly high end sound quality, and they are becoming increasingly available over time.

Discrete component output amplifiers with low distortion and noise and high overload margin condition the analogue music signal to prepare it for passing onto a Naim amplifier.

Zinc aluminium non-resonant casework reduces vibration and with the black powder coated finish, gives a beautifully understated look.

The Naim DAC works beautifully with both the CDX2 and CD5 XS CD players, boith of which now feature rear panel digital coaxial output sockets. Equally, the Naim DAC brings out superb musical performances from the HDX network streamer, PC, Mac or Sonos Connect.

 

 Digital Inputs 8 x S/PDIF: 
   - 2 x coaxial BNC
   - 2 x coaxial phono
   - 4 x optical TOSLINK 
USB Inputs  Front and rear panel -
the front overrides the rear. Type-A
 Analogue DIN, RCA 
Output Impedance  20Ω 
Line Output  2.2V RMS 
 Load Impedance 10kΩ (min.) 
 Frequency Response 10Hz – 20kHz, +0.1/-0.5dB 
 Total Harmonic Distortion <0.002% 
Remote Control  Infra Red (RC5) 
 Remote Input  1 x 3.5mm jack on rear (RC5)
 Remote Output 1 x rear panel 3.5mm jack (RC5) 
S/PDIF Sample Rates Supported 32kHz -192kHz, 24bit
USB Sample Rates Supported 32kHz - 768kHz, 24bit
iPod, iPhone Sample Rates Supported 48kHz (max.)
Front Panel Control Front panel buttons
Supply Voltage 100V, 115V, 230V; 50 or 60Hz
Power Consumption <30VA (max. inc iPod charging)
Dimensions (HxWxD) 70 x 432 x 301 mm
Weight 5.6kg

 

UK Delivery

Providing your item is in stock, the order is usually dispatched within 24 hours. Postage and packing is completely free for orders over £99*. Out of stock items will be dispatched as soon as they become available, which can take between 4 to 21 days      

UK Delivery orders are sent via our couriers' DPD Local on a next-day-delivery service and usually take between 1 and 3 days. 

          

Local Delivery

Certain manufacturers disallow mail order for their products, however a local delivery may be possible.

We offer a local delivery service for a large number of our products. After your order has been placed, a member of the Hifi Gear team will contact you to arrange a convenient date and time for your local, personal delivery.

 

Click & Collect

We offer a free ‘Click & Collect’ service on all items. As soon as your order has been completed and is ready for collection a member of our team will be in contact with you. Orders can be collected from our store at 11 King Street, Hereford, HR4 9BW.

 

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