CHORD
USB-B input:
44.1kHz to 768kHz,
DXD and Quad DSDOptical inputs x 2:
44kHz to 192kHzAES digital in x 1:
44.1kHz to 192kHzCoax inputs 1 & 2:
44.1kHz to 384kHz4 x DX digital outputs, 768kHz
dual-data mode for use with
future Chord Electronics productsThe new reference DAC from Chord Electronics
Meet DAVE!
Analogue outputs:
balanced or
unbalancedCoax inputs 3 & 4:
44.1kHz to 384kHz10
ONE COMPANY THAT has set the DAC
world alight is Chord. The success of
their rather unique products, such
as Hugo, 2Qute and Mojo, has been
extraordinary, and with good reason.
Their latest DAC, with the unusual
name of DAVE, has recently hit our
shelves. This rather unconventional
looking product is a highly advanced
reference-grade DAC, digital preamp andheadphone amplifier. Selling for
$17,800 and hand-made in Kent,
DAVE is based around a proprietary
FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array)
offering more than ten times the
program capacity of its predecessor.
At its heart lies a new (and in
electronics terms, huge) LX75 version of
the Spartan 6 Field Programmable Gate
Array (FPGA). The FPGA’s extraordinaryLike /lenwallisaudio on Facebookcapability enables a number of key
sonic benefits including significantly
improved timing and the best noise-
shaper performance of any known DAC.
DAVE’s technology delivers music with
unmatched reality and musicality, with
an unrivalled timing response.
The $25,000 Berkeley Reference DAC,
which continues to sell out prior to us
receiving stock (we are still yet to play one)