Cambridge Audio DacMagic 100 - Digital to Analogue Converter with Toslink, S/PDIF, and USB Inputs Featuring 24-bit Wolfson DAC - Silver

Product Information

It's easy to get started: just plug it in. The only reason to read the manual is if you want to disable the volume control and have it run at full output all the time. It does deliver plenty of detail and agility, but we do miss out on a bit of power. Voices, meanwhile, are clean and natural but do veer towards the bright side when really pushed. Notable: Astounding technical DAC performance regardless of price. Absolute polarity switch. Three easily-selected digital filters. Headphone output. Headphone response is rated 10 ~ 100,000 Hz, without a tolerance, but it's unclear how you get it a 100 kHz signal if the maximum sample rate is 192 ksps.

Like most good DACs, the DacMagic Plus only plays PCM, not any of the fluff formats like Dolby Digital or DTS & etc. The Cambridge Audio DacMagic Plus is an inexpensive, lightweight, Chinese-made DAC with astounding performance. Tonality is exceptionally neutral, with clean extension at both extremes and very well-balanced midrange.

USB audio connection

Frecuencias de muestreo admitidas de entrada digital: 32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 192kHz As a result, we are treated to a version of the deluxe upsampling technology first seen in the 840C and 740C CD players from the Azur range. Cubierta totalmente metálica y con amortiguación acústica, dotada de un grueso panel frontal de aluminio metalizado Read the Users Manual to disable the volume control; as I recall it's done by holding one button while turning it on.

Conversor de audio Digital Analogico DAC WM8742. Un conversor de digital a analógico Wolfson de 24 bits, una entrada de audio USB 1.0 sin controlador de 24 bits/96 kHz y entradas digitales TosLink y S/PDIF permiten a DacMagic 100 recibir el detalle del sonido de tu equipo informático, iPod o televisor (entre otros dispositivos digitales) y mejorar su precisión, profundidad y claridad hasta obtener una experiencia de audio realmente excepcional. Catracteristicas Generales kHz level error versus digital modulation level, -120 ~ 0 dBFS, undithered 24-bit 44.1 ksps input. ( R&S UPL.) If you want to go wireless, there is an inevitable drop in quality – but the aptX dongle connected to our smartphones and laptop easily enough, and sounded better than standard Bluetooth connections. Aha! The impedance of any driver changes with its acoustic loading, meaning headphones present different loads if on or off your head. When off-head, the ATH-M50 leads to more distortion with the Cambridge DacMagic Plus. The insightful midrange, also exemplified by the textured acoustic melody, is bookended by a rich, punchy low-end – the introductory bass thump is full and lush – and pleasingly present highs that round off a nicely proportioned, equally talented frequency range. As the instrumentation busies the soundstage, the Cambridge has enough breadth and control to keep things coherent.

Audio output connections

Fed a 16-bit/44.1kHz rip of Dusty Springfield’s Son Of A Preacher Man, the DacMagic 100 serves up an open, spacious sound. Vocals are given space to breathe and, even with a mix of instruments thrown in, everything knits together well. Still flat even below 1 Hz. It's flat to within +0, -0.2 dB from infrasonics to the end of the music band, which is great. That 0.2 dB at 20 kHz is probably from cable capacitance and the 50 Ω output source impedance of the DacMagic Plus.