NuPrime
The Ultimate Desktop DAC and Headphone Amp
Introduction
Following in a long tradition of award-winning excellence, the NuPrime DAC-10 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-10 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-10 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-10 includes features borrowed from the Reference class P-20 preamp:
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Advanced, thin-film switched-resistor ladder network for controlling volume, i.e., a
single resistor in the signal path at any volume setting.
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Individually adjustable volume on each input for precise source level matching.
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Volume adjustment in 99 precise, 0.5dB increments.
The Heart
As the heart of an audio system, the DAC-10 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-10 above the
competition.
Several notable features:
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Five digital and two stereo inputs for system flexibility.
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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-10 at the industry’s cutting edge.
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