{"product_id":"audio-note-dac121x-ii-balanced-dac","title":"Audio Note DAC 2.1x\/II Balanced DAC","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/8747\/2625\/files\/logo_f6fc80e8-d584-44d2-bbea-9effa8c39b94.png?v=1794399292\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid-item heading\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"comp-jr1a7kty\" class=\"UwkEpO _v6ohL AWXfZq PO9MfV comp-jr1a7kty wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"comp-jr1a7ku3\" class=\"N8MGzv _v6ohL AWXfZq PO9MfV comp-jr1a7ku3 wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_9 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eThe Audio Note (UK) DAC2.1x Digital to Analogue converter has been specifically engineered for sonic performance rather than technical specification, and fulfils all Audio Note (UK) Level 2 criteria: -\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_9 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_9 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eValve rectification\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_9 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eMaterials and component quality\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_9 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_9 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eExtensive research into the fundamental properties of the data stream itself have shown beyond doubt that, regardless of the theoretical advantages of the signal manipulation employed in our competitors products, such as higher oversampling, noise shaping, re-clocking or jitter reduction, these corrective measures greatly interfere with the critical time domain requirements of the signal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_9 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_9 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eMusic is a time continuum from start to end which when broken is irreparably damaged, and no amount of clever manipulation can restore it to its original time \/ frequency \/ amplitude duration or relationship, regardless of what the theorists may tell you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_9 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_9 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eAs a result, we have developed a way of excluding or bypassing all these corrective measures, to allow the conversion from digital to analogue to be done without any manipulation whatsoever. All we do is to reformat the data stream to allow the converter chip to be able to interpolate the incoming information correctly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_9 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_9 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eIn other words, the Audio Note (UK) DAC2.1x has no oversampling, no jitter reduction, no noise shaping and no re-clocking. Having removed all of the digital filtering that is required for oversampling, all filtering is done in the analogue domain where it is easier to retain good, wide band phase-frequency and dynamically coherent behaviour. It uses the highest grade Analogue Devices AD1865, 18Bit stereo converter chip solely because we found it to be the best sounding available (yes, even better than the 20Bit versions!).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_9 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Audio Note","offers":[{"title":"Aluminium","offer_id":67514675298545,"sku":null,"price":6750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black","offer_id":67514675331313,"sku":null,"price":6750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/8747\/2625\/files\/dac21xbal.png?v=1794574306","url":"https:\/\/oandlhifi.co.uk\/products\/audio-note-dac121x-ii-balanced-dac","provider":"Oranges \u0026 Lemons Hifi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}