I am selling my Furutech ADL Esprit DAC/ADC/Headphone amp. Asking $395 + shipping and Paypal fees.
As advertised, this is a Swiss army knife component. The DAC sounds very competitive for the price point. The line inputs and headphone input sounded better than I expected given the cost.
The main thing I used the Esprit for was the ADC feature for ripping vinyl. The ADC is capable of 16/44 or 24/96 recordings. The ADC chip is a Cirrus Logic CS5361, the same chip used in the acclaimed Lynx HILO (capable of 114 DB dynamic range).
The Esprit comes with a Swagman Labs Linear PSU (15V/1.5A) that definitely bumps up the performance.
The Esprit sold for $999 new and the Swagman Labs currently sells for $125 plus shipping. Swagman is well known for making quality linear power supplies.
I have the original box (a tear in the botton of the box but otherwise looks good).
Please note that the analog inputs do not offer RIAA equalization like the GT40. Whatever is connected to the Line 1 input is sent through the USB connection into the computer. The latest drivers worked for me with Windows 8 and 10.
- 24/192kHz Wolfson WM8716 DAC
- 24/192kHz Cirrus Logic CS5361 ADC converter with Multi-bit architecture at 114dB dynamic range
- 24/192kHz CIRRUS LOGIC CS8416 Digital Audio Interface Receiver with low-jitter clock recovery
- 24/96kHz Tenor TE7022L Hi-Q USB Audio Streaming Controller
a.Supports Asynchronous Mode and ASIO
b.Supports USB 2.0 Full Speed and USB Audio Class 1.0
c.2 isochronous input endpoints for recording, 2 isochronous output endpoints for playback, and 1 interrupt endpoint for HID
d.Supports 32/44.1/48/96kHz sampling rates
e.I2S bus separates clock and data signals for very low jitter connections
f.Supports 2 input and 2 output channels with one I2S pair with independent sampling rates
g.Optical output functions with USB sources only
h.Output S/PDIF signals support digital surround multichannel formats like AC3 and DTS
- Toggle switch chooses recording attenuation of 0, 6, or 12dB
- Toggle switch chooses S/PDIF sampling rate playback at 96kHz or 192kHz
a.Reset sampling rate switch after changing by turning the Esprit off and on
b.Set to 96kHz for better performance when playing sampling rates of up to 96kHz on source components like CD or DVD players
c.Set to 192kHz for 192kHz source material only or there will be no audio output
- Dual External power supplies
a.Power supply 1: 5V DC from bus-powered USB chip and optical output only
b.Power supply 2: External DC 15V / 800mA / 12W AC/DC Switching Adaptor for high resolution audio
-Headphone Amplifier: TI TPA6120A2 driving 16-to-600 ohms 'phones at >120dB dynamic range
-Highest Quality Parts like ELNA ROB or ELNA RFS-grade capacitors
- Line In, Out and DAC OPA : Burr-Brown OPA2134 (with DIP socket) and upgradable
- OP Amp ( ADC ): JRC NJM5532 Low-Noise Dual Operational Amplifier
- No drivers are necessary with Mac computers and a single standard driver is supplied for Windows
- Furutech gold-plated PTFE-insulated RCA connectors
- Best quality aluminum chassis and beautifully-machined and operating volume control
- Inputs: LINE1 and 2, OPTICAL and COAXIAL
Esprit USB DAC Specifications
- USB/Analog Playback/Multimedia Recording
- Connectivity: USB-B Interface, analog input/output on RCA jacks, optical Toslink input and coaxial input RCA connectors, output Toslink connector (USB output only)
- USB Playback Resolution 24-bit/96kHz (Max)
- USB Recording Resolution: 16-to-24 bits, Sampling Rate: 32/44.1/48/96kHz
- Coaxial and Optical Playback Resolution: 24-bit/192KHz (Max)
- Frequency response: 20Hz ~ 20kHz (+/-0.5 dB)
- S/N ratio: -95dB (A-wtd) / Line Output
- Max. Line Output Level: 7.5 VRMS (THD <1%) Line Output impedance : 100 ohms
- THD: Line Input < 0.01% , Digital Input <0.05%
- Headphone Max. Output Level: 1% THD 1kHz, 156mW (16 ohms), 224mW (32 ohms), 241mW (56 ohms), 130mW (300 ohms), 76mW (600 ohms)
- Power supply-1: 5V DC from USB bus-powered USB chip - optical output only
- Power supply-2: ErP Step2 Compliant, 2-wire AC, Class II, AC/DC Switching Adaptor
- DC 15V / 0.8A / 12W
- Dimensions: 150mm / 6" (w) x 141mm / 5.5" (d) x 57mm / 2.25" (h)
- Weight: ~ 970g / 2.14lbs
