SW1X DAC I

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SW1X Audio Design™ DAC I

Performance Level 1

Digital to Analogue Converter

With an elegantly simple design, SW1X DAC I is one of the most musical and purist NOS R2R DAC ever made. This is the best high-end entry level solution to a musical, organic & analogue sounding digital setup- just add an analogue sounding digital transport and re-experience your collection of music.

Enthusiastic, transparent, and lively, with a rare purity, the DAC 1 is easy to like. In a world full of Delta/Sigma (bitstream) designs, the R2R DAC 1 is like a breath of fresh air
– HiFi Advice

SW1X DAC I Purist NOS r2r dac

SW1X Audio Design™ DAC I Features:

Pure NOS (Non oversampling – zero digital domain filtering) R2R design
Selected and Harmonically matched Component & Material Quality
Pure Class A, Single Ended, Anode Follower, Zero Negative Feedback, RC (resistive loaded, capacitive de-coupled) Valve Amplification Topology
6N6P Double Triode Driver Valve Output Stage
Valve rectified CLC (choke filtered) HV power supply
Discrete Transistor, Shunt Voltage Regulated Low Voltage Power Supplies
Supports up to 24Bit/96kHz digital coaxial S/PDIF signal input

Specially Selected and Harmonically Matched Component & Material Quality

M6 grain orient EI core Mains Transformer & Choke (SPX version)
Internally wired exclusively with our SW1X Magnum, Genesis and Opus conductors of various geometry (single strand or Litz)
AN Copper Foil in Oil signal de-coupling Capacitors (SPX version)
AB 1W non-magnetic Carbon film Resistors in selected places

Tube Compliment: 1 x 6N6P, 1 x 6X5GT or 5Y3