Soekris Audio ApS
dac2541 Users Manual
www.soekris.dk
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Nov 2020
dac2541 rear view
Analog Out:
The dac2541 have balanced line out using 3 pins XLR sockets, marked “R” for the
right channel and “L” for the left channel. It also have single ended line out using RCA sockets, the
red one marked “R” is for the right channel, the white one marked “L” is for the left channel.
Digital In:
The dac2541 have a total of 5 digital inputs.
“TOS”:
SPDIF Optical Toslink.
“RCA”:
SPDIF 75 ohms Coax, transformer isolated.
“BNC”:
SPDIF 75 ohms Coax, transformer isolated.
“AES”:
SPDIF 110 ohms balanced AES/EBU, transformer isolated.
“USB”:
USB type B socket: For connection to the USB interface on your computer or other audio
source device. You need to use a high quality USB cable, like the USB cable included with the
dac2541.The USB interface supports only USB Audio Mode 2, which require drivers for Windows
operating systems other than Windows 10.
Windows Drivers:
Drivers for using USB Audio Mode 2 on Windows operating systems are
available for downloading on
http://www.soekris.dk/download.html
. Please note that most newer
versions of Windows 10, Apple OS X and Linux don’t require drivers but will support USB Audio
Mode 2 directly, see manual for your operating systems as needed.
Power Socket:
The dac2541 support power input voltage from 90V to 264V AC using a IEC8
socket, which should enable it to work worldwide directly. The power Supply is double isolated.
Power Cable:
The dac2541 is supplied with a power cable for the US and EU markets, but any
power cable designed to fit between an IEC8 socket and the wall power socket in your country can
be used, it don’t need to be anything fancy.