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DAVE is the most advanced DAC Chord has ever made. It features the very best conversion technology available, using proprietary techniques never seen before, making DAVE one of the most advanced DAC/preamp amplifier in the world.
Our Take
Loaded with Chords latest-generation FPGA technology DAVE is one of the most advanced DACs in the world, a true reference-level product.
The Story
A DAC Unlike Anything Else
DAVE stands for Digital to Analogue Veritas in Extremis, a moniker that best reflects the products capability. The DAC, which is also a reference-level headphone amplifier and digital preamp, distills twenty years of Chord research,developmentand advanced engineering into one device.At its heart lies a new version of the advanced Spartan 6 Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) with 1,000x the processing power of the traditional mass-produced chip DAC. DAVEs FPGA isloaded with over a million lines of code to confront complextiming issues head-on, with speed and precision. The FPGAs extraordinary capability enables a number of key sonic benefits, including significantly improved timing and the best noise-shaper performance of any known DAC. DAVEs technology delivers music with unmatched reality and musicality, with an unrivaled timing response. The devices lossless digital volume control outputs the signal direct to your power amplifier for the purest experience.
DAVE has a full-sized LCD display, showing input, sample frequency, volume and set-up configurations options, within Chords famous porthole design. On its fascia, DAVE also features a rotary encoder with a large stainless steel controller and ball buttons, enabling direct interactivity in addition to the supplied remote control.
A device so advanced and with so few compromises, that it is absolutely truthful in the extreme a standard that many other DACs on the market simply cannot hope to match.
Features
164,000k tap FPGA DAC
768kHz Type B USB Input
4x 768kHz BNC Coax Inputs
2x 96kHz AES/EBU Inputs
2x 96kHz Optical Inputs
Expandable DXO Inputs
1x stereo pair Unbalanced RCA Outputs
1x stereo pair Balanced XLR Outputs
1/4" Headphone Out - Supports up to 800ohm headphones
Standalone Preamp Function
DSD 512 and Native DSD Supported
Galvanically Isolated USB
20hz to 20kHz flat Frequency Response withing -/= 0.1 dB (HF Filter Off)
Technical Specs
Frequency Response
20Hz to 20kHz /- 0.1dB
Headphone Output
1% THD 6.8v RMS w/300 Ohm (154mW), 1% THD 6.8vRMS w/33 Ohm (1.4w)
THD N:
-127.5dB (AWT)
Channel Separation
>125dB @ 1kHz
Output Impedance
0.055 Ohm (short circuit protected)
Dynamic Range
127.5dB (AWT)
Operating Voltage
90v AC - 250v AV auto switching 50Hz-60Hz
Signal to Noise Ratio
< 90dB
Input Impedance
40 kOhm
Dimensions (including connectors)
H3.1" x W13.2" x L6"
Weight
11 lbs
