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The new Cary Audio Design Xciter Series Digital to Analog Converter is more than simply a new
product. The Xciter DAC contains cutting-edge offerings from AKM Digital Devices along with
new analog output devices from National Semiconductor. The National Semiconductor TO-99
metal-can output devices were custom-engineered specifically for Cary Audio Design. The heart
of the Xciter DAC is the AKM model AK4399 32-bit chip running at a 192kHz sampling rate. The
soul of the Xciter D/A is the National Semi metal-can TO-99 current feedback model
LME49710NA, direct-coupled to the model LME49713NA TO-99 final-output devices. Over one
year in development, the Xciter D/A offers a new level of home/office audio performance in a
sleek, compact package. For the computer audio/video enthusiast there is nothing like driving
the Xciter D/A from the USB output of your desktop, laptop or audio/video media server.
There are four selectable digital inputs on the rear panel consisting of a coaxial RCA, coaxial BNC,
Toslink and a digital USB computer input. All four of these inputs are front-panel selectable with
corresponding blue LEDs indicating the selected source. The basic signal path of both the coaxial
and Toslink inputs are software-controlled and drive the AKM model AK4115 digital receiver
device. The digital receiver in turn is direct-coupled to the AKM model AK4399. These digital
signals are then re-clocked within the Xciter D/A, sent to the National Semi metal-can TO-99
current feedback output devices, and then sent out to the rear panel, single-ended RCA analog
output jacks.
The USB 2.0 input receives a 24-48kHz data stream, which bypasses the receiver chip and is sent
directly to the CM-108 device. This stream is then stripped as the bus separates the clock and
data signals, resulting in a connection with an extremely low noise floor where jitter is almost
nonexistent. This re-clocked stream is directed by the on-board software of the Xciter DAC to
the main AK4399, 32-bit, 192kHz processor chip, then out to the rear panel, single-ended RCA
analog output jacks.
The advanced technologies within the new Xciter Series Digital to Analog Converter, such as
digital signal re-clocking and sample rate up-conversion lead to the absolute highest sonic merits
of D/A conversation available today.
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