DENAFRIPS PONTUS
15th
PONTUS 15th
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Pontus 15TH has achieved an unprecedented breakthrough in audio quality. Employing advanced audio enhancement technologies, it delivers sound that is even more nuanced, profound, and layered. This is not merely a simple upgrade; it represents a profound challenge and transcendence of traditional audio perceptions, offering audio enthusiasts an unparalleled auditory feast.
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This DAC boasts a genuine balanced R-2R ladder network array design, with each channel equipped with an independent high-speed CPLD.It decodes digital signals through four sets of 0.005% R-2R networks, ensuring extremely low
distortion and background noise in the audio signals. Every note resonatesvividly and fully,leaping into the listener's ears.
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reliance on the source device's clock capabilities. This minimizes the DAC's providing exceptional jitter suppression an on-board CPLD crystal oscillator, undergo FIFO buffering and are re-clocked by the greatest extent. Additionally, all digital inputs main
​This DAC boasts a genuine balanced R-2R ladder network array design, with each channel equipped with an independent high-speed CPLD. It decodes digital signals through four sets of 0.005% R-2R networks,ensuring extremely low distortion and background noise in the audio signals. Every note resonates vividly and fully,leaping into the listener's ears.
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Clean power equates to the foundation of good sound. A dedicated linear power supply unit, designed and encased in a 1.5mm thick metal alloy enclosure, can be found underneath the DAC motherboard.
The box-within-box design, not only does it eliminates the inherited problems of dual box solution, it presents the details and attentions DENAFRIPS put into the premium DAC design.
Beefy dual O-Core Transformers for Digital and Analog sections, Ultra-Low ESR, Long Endurance Reservoir Capacitors, and multi-stages super linear power supply, ensuring ultra precision, low ripple power supply charging up DAC.
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MID-END DAC
With its outstanding audio performance, precise decoding capabilities, and innovative power design, Pontus 15TH stands out in the high-end audio realm as a shining new star. It is not merely an audio device; it is an ultimate pursuit and tribute to the art of music.
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Above information taken from Denafrips Website.
SPECIFICATIONS​
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R-2R DAC
Proprietary R2R + DSD Architecture
True balanced 24BIT R2R + 6BIT DSD (32 steps FIR Filters)
Low Thermal Effect, High Precision Hand-Matched 0.01% Resistors
Highlight
Encapsulated Ultra Low Noise Power Supply
LPNO Crystal 45.1548MHz, 49.152Mhz
Adaptive FIFO Buffer and Reclocking
DSD1024, PCM1536 Supports On USB & I²S Input
Proprietary USB Audio Solution via STM32F446 Advanced AMR Based MCU
Licensed Thesycon USB Driver For Windows Platform
Driverless On Mac & Linux
Dual AES/EBU Input Supports
Sharp/Slow Filters Option
I²S Pinout Configuration
I²S DSD Channel Swap Configuration
DSD
DSD64 / 2.8224MHz (DoP) on Coax/AES/Opt Input
DSD1024 / 45.1584MHz * On USB & I²S Input Only
PCM 24bits / 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192KHz On All Input
1536kHz* On USB & I²S Input
Digital Input
Coax 1 via RCA
Coax 2 via BNC 75 Ω
TOSLink x 1
AES EBU x 2
USB2.0 Type B
I²S via HDMI LVDS
Analog Output
RCA at 2.0Vrms, 625 Ω
XLR at 4.0Vrms, 1250 Ω
Sampling Mode
Non-Oversampling NOS
Oversampling OS
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AC Power Requirement 100-240VAC, 50/60Hz (Worldwide Voltage)
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Power Consumption ≤20W
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Frequency Response 20-70KHz -3dB
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THD+N 0.001%
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S/N Ratio 120dB
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Dynamic Range >121dB
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Stereo Crosstalk -110dB
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Dimension 320 x 330 x 80 mm
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Weight 8.5 Kg
Color Silver / Black
Warranty 12 Months
For more information or to purchase this item please contact us here or call us on the number below.
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