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DENAFRIPS PONTUS
15th

Denafrips

PONTUS 15th

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.


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.

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.

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.


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

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

  • AC Power Requirement 100-240VAC, 50/60Hz (Worldwide Voltage)

  • Power Consumption ≤20W

  • Frequency Response 20-70KHz -3dB

  • THD+N 0.001%

  • S/N Ratio 120dB

  • Dynamic Range >121dB

  • Stereo Crosstalk -110dB

  • Dimension 320 x 330 x 80 mm

  • 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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Tel: 07412690415

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