Features
- Chord Custom FPGA DAC
- 768kHz Type B USB Input
- Expandable DXO Inputs
- Supports 800Ω Headphones
- Configurable Crossfeed
- Standalone Preamp Function
- Supports up to 768kHz
- Native DSD Supported
- DSD 512 (8x) Capable
Chord DAVE Reference DAC, Headphone Amplifier and Pre-amplifier
Chord DAVE Reference DAC, Headphone Amplifier and Pre-amplifier
Available For demonstration In Store
Available For demonstration In Store
Guaranteed In Stock
Guaranteed In Stock
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5-year-warranty
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Specifications
| Frequency Response | 20Hz to 20kHz +/- 0.1dB |
| THD +N | -127.5dB (AWT) |
| Channel Separation | >125dB @ 1kHz |
| Dynamic Range | 127.5dB (AWT) |
| Headphone Output | 1% THD 6.8v RMS with 300Ω (154mW)
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| 1% THD 6.8v RMS with 33Ω (1.4w) | |
| Output Impedance | 0.055Ω (short circuit protected) |
| Operating voltage | 90v AC – 250v AV auto switching 50Hz – 60Hz |
| Power consumption | Full power – 40 W |
| Standby – 10 W | |
| Dimensions (including connectors) | 7.8cm (H) 33.5cm (W) 15.2cm (D) |
| Weight | 5kg |
Description
Reference Digital to Analogue Converter, Headphone Amplifier and Preamplifier
DAVE is the most advanced DAC we have ever made. It features the very best conversion technology available, using proprietary techniques never seen before, making DAVE the most advanced DAC/preamp amplifier in the world. DAVE stands for ‘Digital to Analogue Veritas in Extremis’, a moniker that best reflects the product’s capability; a device so advanced and with so few compromises, that it is truthful in the extreme — a standard that all other DACs on the market simply cannot hope to match.
The DAC, which is also a reference-level headphone amplifier and ‘digital preamp’, distils twenty years of Chord research, development and advanced engineering into one device. At its heart lies a new version of the advanced Spartan 6 Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) with 1,000x the processing power of the traditional mass-produced chip DAC. DAVE’s FPGA is loaded with over a million lines of code to confront complex timing issues head-on, with speed and precision.
The FPGA’s extraordinary capability enables several 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 device’s lossless digital volume control outputs the signal directly to your power amplifier for the purest experience.DAVE has a full-sized LCD, showing input, sample frequency, volume and set-up configuration options, within Chord’s famous porthole design. On its fascia, DAVE also features a rotary encoder with a large stainless steel controller and ball buttons, enabling direct interactivity in addition to the supplied remote control.
Additional information
| Colour | Black, Silver |
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Warranty
Backed up with a 5 Year Chord Electronic warranty
Delivery Info
Delivery Information
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