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The Ultimate Desktop DAC and Headphone Amp
Introduction
Following in a long tradition of award-winning excellence, the NuPrime DAC-10H combines
leading-edge technology that offers PCM 384K & DSD256 decoding with a high-power
balanced headphone amplifier. To excel beyond high performance DACs cluttering the
marketplace, NuPrime recognizes that merely supporting standard sampling rates and hi-res
music formats using state-of-the-art chips or proprietary digital signal processing is not
sufficient. To satisfy the most discerning audiophiles, the NuPrime DAC-10H must do three
things exceptionally well: 1) drive any headphones with ease; 2) deliver the utmost detail
during a symphony’s quietest passages or a soundtrack’s heart-pounding explosion; and 3) all
of this in the most natural sound. Simply put, the DAC-10H is a truly musical device.
A Reference LE Class Preamp
To meet the requirement of customers who want to eliminate extra components in their
system, a high-end preamp capable of driving the power amplifier directly is an essential part
of the design. The DAC-10H includes features borrowed from the Reference class P-20
preamp:
Advanced, thin-film switched-resistor ladder network for controlling volume, i.e., a
single resistor in the signal path at any volume setting.
Individually adjustable volume on each input for precise source level matching.
Volume adjustment in 99 precise, 0.5dB increments.
The Heart
As the heart of an audio system, the DAC-10H supports an extensive number of inputs and
formats. Utilizing the world’s best performing 32-bit audio DAC is only a first step for
designing the ultimate DAC. When state-of-the-art solutions are readily available to all
vendors, the experience and proprietary know-how in designing many Editor’s Choice and
Product of The Year award-winning products elevate the NuPrime DAC-10H above the
competition.
Several notable features:
Five digital and two stereo inputs for system flexibility.
SABRE
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Reference ES9018 from ESS Technology is the world’s best-performing 32-bit
audio DAC solution for high-end consumer applications and professional studio
equipment. With ESS’s 32-bit Hyperstream™ DAC architecture and Time Domain Jitter
Eliminator, the SABRE
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Reference DAC delivers an unprecedented dynamic range of
up to 135dB and THD+N (Total Harmonic Distortion plus Noise) of -120dB, all of which
put the DAC-10H at the industry’s cutting edge.
