Digital to Analog converter: The heart of the Decco2 is our over performing ESS Sabre D/A
converter. This complete DAC is the result of 2 years in development and many
hours of critical listening. We use the ESS 9006 Sabre DAC for digital
processing. Our design uses a mutli-layer DAC board with over 450
components and 11 regulated power supplies.
The ESS Sabre DAC's patented jitter
reduction circuit re-clocks the digital signal before passing it through a
high-resolution 24/96 upsampling processor. This is perfect for computers and
most streaming or hard-drive based music servers because most of them have high
levels of jitter. Jitter, simply put, is digital timing error between
the source and the DAC. The lower the jitter, the better the DAC sounds.
Our DAC takes the re-clocked signal and upsamples it to achieve 24/96
resolution. This transforms your iPod or just about any digital source to the
performance of a high-end CD player. Even cheap transports and high jitter
sources like Sonos, computers and iPods now sound great because the iDecco
thinks they're all high-end digital transports! The iDecco can deliver an
astounding 118 dB signal to noise ratio, greatly extending dynamic range and
your overall music experience with virtually all digital sources.
Each digital input is transformer-coupled so noise
associated with ground problems and switching power supplies from computers is
eliminated. The USB connection is galvanically isolated, eliminating noise
generated by your computer's switching power supply and greatly improving sound
quality.
The ESS Sabre DAC's patented jitter
reduction circuit re-clocks the digital signal before passing it through a
high-resolution 24/96 upsampling processor. This is perfect for computers and
most streaming or hard-drive based music servers because most of them have high
levels of jitter. Jitter, simply put, is digital timing error between
the source and the DAC. The lower the jitter, the better the DAC sounds.
Our DAC takes the re-clocked signal and upsamples it to achieve 24/96
resolution. This transforms your iPod or just about any digital source to the
performance of a high-end CD player. Even cheap transports and high jitter
sources like Sonos, computers and iPods now sound great because the iDecco
thinks they're all high-end digital transports! The iDecco can deliver an
astounding 118 dB signal to noise ratio, greatly extending dynamic range and
your overall music experience with virtually all digital sources. 