HiFimeDIY Sabre USB DAC 2. External PSU, 96khz/24bit - ES9023+TE7022 + Coaxial OUT

OUT OF STOCK. new batch in production. 

This item is also available from our US store, buy it here: http://us.hifimediy.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=51

The newest member of our Sabre DAC family features an USB Isolator chip (adum4160) that isolates the DAC from USB power. It can then be supplied with an external clean power supply. It accepts a wide range of DC and AC voltages. Batteries can also be used for optimal performance. 
This makes it slightly less portable than the smaller brother, theUSB powered Sabre DAC, but might offer even better performance! We still recommend the smaller dac for ultimate portability and convenience.

There is also an analog volume control (50K pot). 

This DAC can be used to drive headphones (with and RCA to 3.5mm jack adaptor). For headphones we suggest to leave the volume potmeter on max and adjust volume from the computer hotkeys. Adjusting the volume with the analog volume control is not suited for headphones. We suggest minimum 50Kohm load when using the volume potmeter for optimal performance. 
It also acts as an USB to coaxial adapter. The COAX besides the USB input is output

Note: Power supply is required and not included!
We have one for sale here (only 230V european continental plug)
USB cable is not included. We sell separate USB cables 30cm and 1.5meter here:
1.5M USB CABLE
30cm USB CABLE

Used for:
- Mac, Windows and Linux computers. 
- Confirmed working with iPad 3 (iOS 6.0.1) using this USB hub: http://hifimediy.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=90

Features:
- Input USB. (the COAX connector is output!)
- Output on RCA plugs (analog) and COAX (digital)
- Physical Volume control (analog). Volume Level can also be controlled by the normal volume control keys on your computer.
- When using headphones leave volume control on maximum position. Use Computer hotkeys to control volume control.
- No drivers required for Mac, Windows and Linux! However for Windows 7 we recommend installing the driver, as the default windows driver has some issues with noise (download  below)
- Normal line level output (2Vrms)
- Requires external (not included) power supply: DC from 5-15V or AC from 4-11V. 500mA. Both polarity DC is ok. Plug is 5.5-6/2.1. From 5.5mm to 6mm on outside and 2.1mm in the middle.

Highlights about Sabre ES9023 dac chip:
- The sound go straight out of the DAC chip and into your headphones or amplifier. It is not needed that the sound signal go through a capacitor to remove a DC voltage, there is no DC voltage to remove! This omits the need of a cap which adds costs and reduces sound quality.
- Jitter Eliminator! The ES9023 utilize patented HyperstreamTM architecture and Time Domain Jitter Eliminator.
- 112db DNR

USB chip TenorTE7022L:
- Accepts up to 96khz/24bit input signals over USB. Most USB DAC's use the cheaper PCM2704 usb receiver chips that can only accept up to 48khz/16bit. 

Download Windows drivers. NOTE: For Windows 7, try withouth installing drivers first. 
64 bit: Teralink 64bit driver
32 bit: Teralink 32bit driver

Mods:
If you want to bypass the volume pot completely for any reason, you can do that by moving R22 and R23 to R24 and R25.

Model:UAE23+

230g

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