Cambridge Audio DacMagic 100 - Digital to Analogue Converter with Toslink, S/PDIF, and USB Inputs Featuring 24-bit Wolfson DAC - Silver

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It only has digital inputs so it's not really a preamp, but it does have four selectable inputs, a volume control and even a headphone output, so for many of us, it can be our master control center. Using the appropriate plug for your region, connect the supplied power adaptor to the DacMagic 100. Its headphone amplifier performance is typical, limited by its 50 Ω output source impedance, but at least it's 12 dB louder (4 V RMS max.) with high-impedance headphones than most iPods and portable equipment. The Cambridge Audio DacMagic Plus is an inexpensive, lightweight, Chinese-made DAC with astounding performance. There have been concerns voiced that USB is intrinsically a more jittery interface than regular S/PDIF, so we tried our best to hear any differences between the various options. Frankly, we couldn't – certainly not consistently. Nor could we measure any, the DacMagic turning in measured results which in every way qualify it being as state of the art.

Even measured from 44.1/16-bit sources, this DAC is much cleaner than an excellent power amp. Most people have no idea how good is 44.1/16; even at 44.1/16, this will be the cleanest part of your reproduction chain. DacMagic 100 es un dispositivo increíblemente adaptable: es compatible con archivos digitales de prácticamente cualquier formato como, por ejemplo, archivos originales de estudio de 24 bits de máxima calidad o archivos de audio sin pérdidas almacenados en su equipo. Cuenta con tres opciones de conectividad digital y la capacidad de conectar hasta cuatro dispositivos simultáneamente: DacMagic 100 combina un gran número de mejoras de audio digital. La configuración del dispositivo es muy intuitiva, lo que permite empezar a disfrutar de una mejor calidad de audio en cuestión de minutos. PRINCIPIO DE DISEÑO: EL SONIDO ES PRIMORDIAL Conversor de audio Digital Analogico DAC WM8742. Un conversor de digital a analógico Wolfson de 24 bits, una entrada de audio USB 1.0 sin controlador de 24 bits/96 kHz y entradas digitales TosLink y S/PDIF permiten a DacMagic 100 recibir el detalle del sonido de tu equipo informático, iPod o televisor (entre otros dispositivos digitales) y mejorar su precisión, profundidad y claridad hasta obtener una experiencia de audio realmente excepcional. Catracteristicas Generales Whatever your music source, you'll enjoy genuine hi-fi quality sound by using the Cambridge Audio DacMagic 100. A Wolfson WM8742 24-bit DAC is teamed up with Cambridge Audio's wealth of digital engineering knowledge to create a sound that's vibrant, detailed and remarkably free from jitter. Jitter is especially prevalent on music sent via network devices or hard drives and can give the sound a harsh and unnatural quality. The DacMagic Plus is a lightweight piece of consumer equipment that is sonically superb, although the slowly-responding volume control and its plastic knob is a real disappointment.The input LEDs blink if the input goes away, for instance, if your computer is asleep and your DacMagic is left on on your desk.

Headphone response is rated 10 ~ 100,000 Hz, without a tolerance, but it's unclear how you get it a 100 kHz signal if the maximum sample rate is 192 ksps. Lin. ∅" and "Min. ∅"have the same response. "Steep" is a few dB off at 20 kHz, but still flat to beyond 19 kHz. All measurements are made with coaxial digital input from the UPL, linear phase filter, 44.1 ksps (kilosamples per second a.k.a. kHz), 24 undithered bits at 0 dBFS, maximum volume and unbalanced outputs at 2 V RMS, unless otherwise specified. There are two coaxial inputs and a single optical one, all switchable from the front. Add to this the USB input and gold-plated analogue RCA outputs for connecting to your hi-fi and the DacMagic 100 has every angle covered. There might be some drivers for tweaks, I have no time to explore when there's so much great music to enjoy instead of tweaking.Switch to the USB connection and Amy Winehouse's Valerie ('68 version) from the Lioness: Hidden Treasures album, there's not the weight or refinement we get from our reference Arcam rDAC. Normal people can stop reading here, but I'm going to crank up the scale on the analyzer and see what I can see with these different filters: