Mytek Digital, manufacturer of state of the art digital audio converters announced shipping of the new Liberty DAC, a PCM/MQA/DSD USB2 DAC, designed for high quality music playback and monitoring of all high resolution formats. This USB2 driverless DAC features several digital inputs, digital volume control and unbalanced as well as balanced audio outputs and a high performance headphone amplifier. Designed as a little brother of Brooklyn DAC, around the ES9018 Sabre chipset, Liberty DAC provides robust performance, ability to stream MQA masters and state of the art headphone output in small portable 1/3 rack package. It’s also intended for general music studio use and audio installations. Liberty DAC is shipping now at $995
SPECIFICATIONS :
CONVERSION:
up to 384k, 32bit PCM, native DSD
up to DSD256, DXD, 127dB Dynamic Range
MQA HI-RES DECODER:
built in certified hardware
MQA™ decoder
DIGITAL INPUTS:
USB2 Class2 (OSX, Linux driverless,
all formats), AES/EBU (PCM up to 192k, up to DSD64 DOP), 2x S/PDIF (PCM up to 192k, up to DSD64 DOP), Toslink/ADAT 2x S/PDIF (PCM up to 192k, up to DSD64 DOP)
ANALOG OUTPUTS:
1 pair of unbalanced RCA, 1 pair of balance TRS, TRS To XLR Metropolis Cable can be added as option
HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER:
Reference High Current, High transient Headphone Amp, 300mA, 3 Watts, single unbalanced headphone jack, designed to drive hard to drive headphones, 0.1 Ohm impedance
CLOCK GENERATOR:
Low noise with 10ps of jitter
FIRMWARE:
Upgradable via USB via Mytek Control panel
OPTIONAL DC/BATTERY POWER INPUT:
12VDC
DIMENSIONS:
WxDxH=5.5×8.5×1.74”=140x216x44mm
WEIGHT:
3lbs, 1.5kg
WARRANTY:
2 years