This amazingly compact, high performance and USB powered (by mobile phones, including iPhone directly) DAC and headphone amp is now available for purchase as a circuit board for DIY projects.
The ENCORE mDSD is capable of decoding sample rates ranging from 44.1kHz to 384kHz (PCM) as well as native DSD decoding ranging from DSD 64 up to DSD 256, making it the most capable USB-powered portable DAC on the market today.
Visit Indiegogo project at
http://igg.me/at/ENCOREmDSDStandard price is $99 with aluminium case and $69 without case. Buy now for 30% savings or more on Indiegogo.
The Encore mDSD is designed and manufactured by NuPrime Audio (
www.nuprimeaudio.com), winner of four Product Of The Year Awards (The Absolute Sound, SoundStage! Network) in 2015. You can visit NuPrime circle to know more about the brand. I am posting on this circle to announce the availability of this cheap but very good sounding item.
Features:
32-bit/384kHz PCM and native DSD 256 decoding
Discrete USB audio receiver and D/A converter
Asynchronous transfer mode for doubled jitter-reduction at data input and over-sampling filter stages
High-performance headphone amplifier
Optical output (shared with 3.5mm headphone out) capable of S/PDIF and DoP stream
USB powered, no external power supply required. It can be powered directly by mobile phones USB port.
Diminutive size measuring just 2 - 3/8" x 1 - 3/16" x 3/8"
Works with Android (4.1 & above with OTG), iOS (with camera adapter USB cable), Windows 7/8/10, and Mac. Windows device driver download is required, other devices do not need driver.
