Paganini DAC

by dCS
in Electronics

The dCS Ring DAC found in all of dCS' DACs is a discrete balanced design which does not use any off-the-shelf DAC chips commonly found in other manufacturers' product. Paganini DAC uses an enhanced version of our patented Ring DAC, improved through increased processing power, faster FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays), updated power supplies and a quieter electrical environment.

Paganini DAC features standard AES3 and SPDIF inputs in addition to the IEEE1394 interfaces. The digital volume control allows direct connection to a power amplifier, there is no need for a preamplifier. Maximum output can be either two or six volts to suit different amp/speaker combinations. Four filters are provided in DSD mode to allow listeners to tailor system response.

The unit can be used in Master mode to provide a clock for source components, and can be locked to an external word clock signal generated by a dCS Master Clock - this produces a substantial performance improvement.

Paganini DAC is intended to be used with the matching upsampling Paganini CD/SACD Transport or with any industry standard CD Transport.