The ACOUSENCE multi-dac is a modularly configurable multi-channel converter system, technologically based on our well-known DA converters, optionally supplemented by an AD converter module of the highest quality. The main applications are systems with a digital crossover or multi-channel surround setups. In systems with a digital crossover, the AD converter acts as an outstanding interface for analogue sources such as record players or tape machines.
Configurations with 2, 4 or 6 DA converter channels, 4 DA converter channels plus 2 AD converter channels or 2 DA converter channels plus 2 AD converter channels can be realised. Devices that are initially not fully equipped can be upgraded at a later date.
On the analogue side, there are slim and straightforward signal paths implemented with the best components – in the audiophile sense. Analogue signal routing and processing are fully balanced. Our special purely passive analogue input stage is used for the AD converter: there are only two high-quality input transformers between the analogue inputs and the AD converter chip, i.e. no amplifier stages in the signal path before the actual converter. As with the dac-pre, the DA converters are available in two versions: “arfi-DAC” topology, i.e. a total of four DAC outputs generate the stereo signal, or “arfi-reference-DAC” topology, i.e. a total of eight DAC outputs generate the stereo signal in an ingenious way using transformers in the I/V stage. Our Femto-Clock-II is used in the clock section. This module also handles the clock distribution to the converter boards, thus ensuring the shortest possible signal paths and maximum precision. External sources connected via the AES/EBU interface achieve a level of precision that could otherwise only be achieved by using the internal clock generators.
In our view, all this together is the key to music in the sense of ACOUSENCE: natural sound, artistically captivating and emotionally moving music reproduction!
