Resonessence Labs Invicta DAC
Price: $3,9995
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Review
Features
The Invicta is an Audio DAC with exceptional technical performance, but more importantly it sounds the best. It has many features designed to make it the next generation of Audio DAC for the audiophile and the professional user. A brief description covering all the features and specifications is provided here. More technical data is available in the section below.
* 24bits, 192kS/s (complete list is 16/24bit, 44.1k/48k/88.2k/96k/176.4k/192k)
* Better than 125dB Dynamic Range
* Better than -110db (0.00032%) THD
* 80kHz Bandwidth
* Rear panel analog output ports include balanced XLR and convenient RCA
* Two front-panel headphone outputs with independent trim levels
* OLED front-panel high resolution display
* HDMI video output to show play-list on TV monitor
* Asynchronous USB Audio Class 2.0/1.0, PC/Mac compatible and no add-on drivers needed
* USB play controls (Play/Pause etc.) from front panel and remote controller
* SD Card reader supports AIFF and WAV files on SD and SDHC cards
* ID3 reader for SD Card data provides play-list selection on TV and OLED display
* Additional SPDIF inputs BNC(2), AES/EBU and TOSLINK
* SPDIF TOSLINK output of SD Card and USB audio data
* Remote control of all features from hand held unit (including USB Host control)
* Volume control from 0.0 to -127.5db
* User configuration memory saves brightness levels, audio amplitudes, trim levels etc
* Internal galvanically isolated power supplies for all audio components
* USB cable power is galvanically isolated from the system and audio power supplies
* Uses two ESS Sabre DAC’s for ultimate performance (ES9018 and ES9016 in 4:1 mode)
* Crystek ultra-low phase noise (50Mhz) master oscillator differentially drives the DAC
* No PLLs are used in the entire Invicta system for the ultimate in low phase noise
* Screened, customized, toroidal analog (non-switching) power supply (115/230v)
* MicroBlaze2 Xilinx Spartan 6 soft processor cores run custom low noise code modules
* All code is Resonessence proprietary (including USB and HDMI) for optimum performance
* All units include a device ID code and provision for client upgrades (via USB from PC)