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AUDIO

RESEARCH

DAC 8

DIGITAL CONVERTER

and digital

power

transformers,

plus

seven

stages of regulation

Circuit boarcls

are

made

from the same material

used for

ABC's Feference

products

Those using

the DAC Swith computer

based

sources can setthesampling

rate

from 44.1 to

192kHz, allowing

the inbuiit

music seTver

management

software

to up/down

convert digital

mus c source

to the selected

sampling

rate.

This helps ensure

optimum

sound

quality,

regardless

of sampling

frequency.

You can

a so use custom

sampling

rate conversion

algorithms

or other

file formats

provided

by third-party

suppliers,

including

Windows l\,4edia

Player,

Tunes, J Blvers

l\y'edia Centre,

lvledia

N,4onkey, Foobar, and

others

Perhaps

the onlv thing

mlssing is a docking

station

for an iPod, and

some sofi of USB

wireless connection.

The DAC

8's USB driver

software

provldes your

computer

with specjal

high-

speed

audio drivers

not supplied

by lvlS Windows

or l\4ac OS

Audio Research's

USB drivers

are specially

designed

to deliver low

iitter

'bit-perfect'

data transfer

between

the server/computer,

and

the DAC 8, at all

sampling

rates

ABC

drivers set up

a USB

interface that

guarantees

wide bandwidth'

independent

of active

bulk transfers

from the hard

dive Via the

ARC icon

your

computer,

you

can set the

DAC B to any sampling

rate

from 44 1

to 192kHz.

This allows

the music server/management

software to up/down

conven music

to the appropriate

sampling

frequency.

Thjs makes

the DAC 8

perfect

for those

into downloads

and computer-

based

hiji,

gjving

a very broad

appea.

But, even when used

iust

as a

stand-alone DAC

for CD. the

DAC B delivers excellent

resulis.

Best sound

quality

is obta ned

via the balanced

analogue outputs,

but even

the standard

unbalanced

outputs

sound

great.

The DAC 8's big

lmposing style

presentation

ensures an

lmpressively

full, commanding,

solld

quality

of sound.

Bass s

very welghty and

fu l-bodied

for CD, and

th s helps create

a sense of

power

and

presence.

The

music a I

but leaps out

of the speakers

and bounds

over to

greet

you

lt's a

very tactile

vlv d sort of

presentation.

Those

who usualy

flnd CD a litt e

reined-in and circumspect

should

revel

in the big, bold,

three dimensional

soundstage

produced

by the DAC 8.

really does brlng

out the colour

and drama

in the music, especially

when

you

utllise

its balanced

analogue

XLB outputs.

The sound has

real depth and

dimensionality.

ln some

ways, the DAC 8ls

a mix of opposites.

While

t delivers a

/jointfilesconvert/183601/bg dimensional

sound

that's

notab e for its depth

and separation,

it's also

surprisngy

subtle and

refined.

Nlassed violins,

for exarnple,

have excellent

attack and

plentv

brilliance,

whlle retaininq something

of that

'woody'

me lowness

you

experience

in real

ife.

ln this

respect, the

DAC B sounds

very

'analogue'.

lt's the sofi of digital

product

that

would find

favour with those

who have mixed

fee ings about

CD,

while absolutely

delighting

those

fundamenta

ly happy

with silver

disc. lt

sounds

very cean, and

tona

quality

smooth and

natural, with

good

extension

bass and treble

extremes.

Summing

up, the

DAC B is truly an

awesome sounding

device.

For Red Book

CD,

this is about

good

gets -

though

perhaps

lronically,

the

product

comes

rnost

fuly

into its own

when used

wlth sources

other

than Fed Book

CD. But even

if CD is

all

yol.r play,

the DAC

B can lle reled

on to

deliver

impressive class-lead

ng results.

TECHNICAT

SPECIFICATIONS

Audlo Reseqrch

DAC I

lnputs:

S/PlDF,

(RCA,

BNC.

XLR), TOSLINK,

ond USB 2.0

H5.

Outputs: RCA

{Unbolqnced)

XLR

(Bo

qnced).

Dimer sion': 48cm x l3/cm

x 2/cr .

Hondles

odd o furiher

4cm to fronl/

bqck depih

Weighl:7kg

Price: t4.698.00

Distributor:

Abso

ute Sounds, 58

Durhom

Rd, London, SW20

OTW

Tel:

020 8971 3909

RL:

www.obsoluiesounds.com

Monufocturer: Audio

Reseorch

ilRL: www orrclioreseorch.com

hstr+ 36

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