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In the Thread: A CD player of today… 20 years after TL0
Post Subject: Ask Lavery about new DAC QuintessencePosted by Amir on: 12/21/2018
Hello-
Regarding your questions:
1.) The DA924 was originally designed before converters with accuracy beyond 15-16 bits were available. It is no longer in production. The Quintessence is a state-of-the–art design with accuracy that exceeds the DA924 and offers additional features. The “sound” is extremely neutral so what you hear is the recording exactly as it sounds with no coloration or loss due to the converter. There are two outputs, the Main output which is a straight-wire fixed level and the Monitor output with the front panel Volume control. The Volume control is a proprietary analog design that offers click-free stepped settings in 1/4dB steps over an 80dB range. Each of the three inputs has its own level setting, so digital sources can be compared with level compensation for differences in the recorded level. The Volume control can also be used to directly control speaker listening level (no need for an additional preamp or volume control).
2.) The DA924 actually did not use an r-2r network; the design is proprietary.
3.) The DA-N5 is an up-sampling converter for 44.1 and 48kHz.
4.) The DA924 had more of a “sound” that most people liked, but it was not as accurate as the DA-N5. The DA-N5 is extremely neutral in character (it has no “sound”). Customers who own them have been very enthusiastic in their response and many have traded their DA924’s in to upgrade to the Quintessence.
Please feel free to reply to tech support if you have any technical or operational questions.
Thank you,
Lavry Engineering Technical Support
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