The Chord Electronics DAVE DAC/Pre Amplifier is the most advanced DAC ever built by Chord Electronics. Chord have used proprietary techniques never seen before. Featuring the very best conversion technology available, DAVE is the most advanced DAC/preamp amplifier in the world.
DAVE stands for ‘Digital to Analogue Veritas in Extremis’ meaning absolute truth in the extreme. No other DAC on the market is quite like it.
Twenty years of chord research, development and advanced engineering has been smoothed out and tightly packed into one device, The DAVE can also be used as a reference-level headphone amplifier and a digital pre-amplifier.
The Chord Electronics DAVE uses a new version of the advanced Spartan 6 FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) this is equipped with over a million lines of code to confront complex timing issues with speed never seen before, with extraordinary capabilities, it has significantly improved timing and the best noise-shaper performance of any known DAC.
DAVE features a full sized LCD display showing a variety of information including set-up configuration settings, input sample frequency and volume. DAVE also features a rotary encoder on its fascia with a large stainless steel controller and ball buttons. This enables direct interaction with the device as oppose to using the supplied remote control.
The Chord Ensemble stand shown in two of the pictures is not included in the price.
Weight | 8 kg |
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Dimensions | 340 × 145 × 150 mm |
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DIGITAL INPUTS | 4x 75Ω S/PDIF BNC Coax – 44.1kHz to 384kHz |
ANALOGUE OUTPUTS | 1x Stereo Pair of Unbalanced RCA |
Frequency Response | 20Hz to 20kHz +/- 0.1dB |
THD +N | 127.5dB (AWT) |
Channel Separation | >125dB @ 1kHz |
Dynamic Range | 127.5dB (AWT) |
Headphone Output | 1% THD 6.8v RMS with 300Ω (154mW) |
Output Impedance | 0.0055Ω (short circuit protected) |
Operating voltage | 90v AC – 250v AV auto switching 50Hz – 60Hz |
Dimensions | 34 (w) x 14.5 (d) x 15 (h) |
Weight | 7kg |
Finish | Black, Silver |
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