Rega Research DAC-R D/A processor

Description: REGA DAC-R Digital to Analogue Converter List price was $1195. This DAC-R is the most recent version and far superior to the non "R" DAC. Much more musical as well as able to process higher bit rates. Buy with confidence from a Rega Dealer. Contact Tune Hi-Fi in Seattle if you need upgraded power cable, interconnects or digital cables to get the best performance from this excellent DAC. COMPONENT MODEL DESCRIPTION (from the Rega website): "The Rega DAC-R is a 16/20/24-bit at 32kHz to 192kHz digital to analogue converter. Incorporating an enhanced version of the Rega designed circuit, the DAC-R offers the highest possible resolution over all inputs including fully asynchronous USB with the addition of remote functionality. Developed to be simple to set up and use, the Rega DAC-R is designed to optimise performance from any two channel PCM digital audio source. With the PC now widely accepted as a credible medium for storing and streaming music,the use of high quality lossless files such as WAV, FLAC and ALAC offer performance through the DAC-R equal to and in some cases better than Red Book CD. Great care has been taken to remove noise generated by the PC and other input sources. The DAC-R is housed in a custom aluminum and steel case and boasts a pair of Wolfson DAC IC’s, three user selectable digital filters and one isolated asynchronous USB, two isolated Co-axial inputs & two Toslink SPDIF inputs. The optical and coaxial input stage comprises a Wolfson digital receiver with a high stability, low jitter clock driving the receiver PLL. The receiver and PLL have their own dedicated power supplies. The DAC stage comprises a pair of parallel-connected Wolfson WM8742 DAC’s, that are driven via a buffer stage, which ensures the integrity of the data being fed to the DAC IC’s similar to the arrangement used in the Isis reference CDP. The USB input stage is comprised of a bit perfect XMOS USB Audio 2.0 with asynchronous clocking. The USB input stage feeds the Optical and Coaxial input stage via an isolating transformer giving total isolation from the host computer. The output amplifier employs a discrete differential, multiple feedback filter and output amplifier, with a high cut-off frequency for use with higher sample rates. We decided not to use a sample rate converter and process the data at the incoming sample rate which keeps the signal processing to a minimum. Jitter was minimised by synchronously clocking the digital data with our receiver PLL (removing any jitter from the input signal). All the capacitors associated with the analogue signal path are audio grade bypassed with MMK polyester capacitors, and low impedance conductive polymer capacitors are used for DAC decoupling. The power supply utilizes a toroidal transformer, fast rectifier diodes and again audio grade capacitors. There is a power supply for the control micro controller, separate from the digital & analogue audio stages. Special attention being paid to the inter IC control signals ensures the control data noise is kept to a minimum." CONDITION: In VERY GOOD pre-owned cosmetic condition. The unit has light surface scratches, scuffs and the top of the metal case has some fading from age which could probably be made a bit more shiny with some metal cleaner polish. EXCELLENT functional operating condition. PHYSICAL SIZE DIMENSIONS: Dimensions 8.4" W × 3.1" H × 10.5" D

Price: 675 USD

Location: Seattle, Washington

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