The new D-1 DAC by Imersiv makes every DAC on the planet obsolete.
I saw a clip in AudioXpress about the company winning an innovation prize from the SAE.
You can learn more about it here:
imersiv.com
The SNR and distortion are 168dB below peak output which is +23dBu (10.9Vrms).
No price is listed. I’m guessing that the Imersiv box will be coming in around $5k. Have to wait and see.
With the Topping D90III Sabre costing $800 or so, it seems ridiculous to buy a fancy, machined-from-billet DAC for $20k when it’s performance is worse.
Obviously, the “budget” DACs that come in for less than a grand still have plenty of validity since they outperform human hearing in any standard environment. In the normal house, your doing good if the background noise is 45db.
In a world-class studio, background noise is 15 to 20dB. Obviously, that’s where you can hear the difference the Imersiv D-1 makes.
This, of course, brings up the subject of these imbeciles who think they can hear musical details to below 0dB in their noisy listening rooms. That, though, is a whole ‘nother topic.
Addition: they mention in their site that this circuit can be adapted to pre-amps and amplifiers. That would be incredible.
I saw a clip in AudioXpress about the company winning an innovation prize from the SAE.
You can learn more about it here:
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Delivering noise, linearity, and dynamic range performance so advanced that modern test equipment cannot measure it. imersiv HDR-A is an entirely new audio architecture, poised to re-imagine the way we capture and deliver sound, from microphone to power amplifier, and everything in-between.
imersiv.com
The SNR and distortion are 168dB below peak output which is +23dBu (10.9Vrms).
No price is listed. I’m guessing that the Imersiv box will be coming in around $5k. Have to wait and see.
With the Topping D90III Sabre costing $800 or so, it seems ridiculous to buy a fancy, machined-from-billet DAC for $20k when it’s performance is worse.
Obviously, the “budget” DACs that come in for less than a grand still have plenty of validity since they outperform human hearing in any standard environment. In the normal house, your doing good if the background noise is 45db.
In a world-class studio, background noise is 15 to 20dB. Obviously, that’s where you can hear the difference the Imersiv D-1 makes.
This, of course, brings up the subject of these imbeciles who think they can hear musical details to below 0dB in their noisy listening rooms. That, though, is a whole ‘nother topic.
Addition: they mention in their site that this circuit can be adapted to pre-amps and amplifiers. That would be incredible.
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