Emotiva XDA-1 is here

poseidonsvoice · « **on:** 11 Oct 2010, 09:54 pm »

At a whopping low price of $299 for a fully differential dac!

Specs:

Signal-to-Noise Ratio: > 105dB (A-Weighted)
Frequency Response: 5Hz - 48kHz
THD+N: 0.001%
Ground Floor Noise Level: < 15uV
Nominal Output Voltage: 1V RMS
Peak Output Voltage: > 12VRMS (balanced)
Sample Rate: All standard resolutions are supported up to 192kHz
Bit Depth: Standard bit dephts up to 24Bit are supported at clock frequencies up to 192kHz
Inputs: 2 Optical TOSLINK, 2 COAX Digital, 1 AES/EBU, 1 USB
Outputs: 2 RCA (Unbalanced), 2 XLR (Balanced)
Internal Volume Control: Digitally controlled in increments of 0.5db
Remote Control: Milled Aluminum Full Function Remote Control
I/V conversion: Burr Brown OPA-2134
D/A conversion: high performance, multibit Sigma-Delta Analog Devices AD1955
Data Directed Scrambling with high jitter immunity, and an 8x Oversampling Digital Filter
Fully Discrete Differential Reference™ Output Stage with fully independent balanced and unbalanced drive stages
It is 1RU (1 Rack Unit = 1.75 inches) in height

Anand.

jtwrace · « **Reply #1 on:** 11 Oct 2010, 10:06 pm »

WOW!

Rocket_Ronny · « **Reply #2 on:** 11 Oct 2010, 10:09 pm »

I would like to know it's physical size as it is not stated on the web site.

Rocket_Ronny

jtwrace · « **Reply #3 on:** 11 Oct 2010, 10:12 pm »

I don't know the size but at that price doesn it really matter? I'm tempted to reserve one and see how it is...

eclein · « **Reply #4 on:** 11 Oct 2010, 10:21 pm »

The volume control, multiple digital sources and a remote make this look very interesting...

MLS · « **Reply #5 on:** 11 Oct 2010, 11:40 pm »

This guy is in the market for a new DAC to better my Maverick D1 to the dirty work for my Squeezebox Touch.

This looks interesting but I still have reservations about Emotiva but in this economic climate it may be a good option for me.

What do you smart guys know about the Burr Brown chip and op amps.

Scott

Mariusz · « **Reply #6 on:** 11 Oct 2010, 11:58 pm »

........ and 30 day trial period (if I am not mistaken).
My new DAC costs 5X its price with "similar" features.
So, yes. It sounds like interesting product.
Ofcaurse we need someone to test drive this thing ???!!!

Gopher · « **Reply #7 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 12:05 am »

Nifty. I just got an email forwarded to me from my dad acknowledging his reservation of one of these suckers. I should get to hear one soon.

jtwrace · « **Reply #8 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 12:26 am »

The funny part is that the mod guys are going to have a field day with this unit. In the end it will cost $1500.

timind · « **Reply #9 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 12:29 am »

What, no headphone output?

I am seriously looking for a dac for my mac mini. This might be worth a try. Wonder how long before I can get a eal on a used one.

Phil A · « **Reply #10 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 12:50 am »

Looks really interesting. I might consider ordering one at that price point for a secondary system

tvyankee · « **Reply #11 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 12:55 am »

hey,

so what word length and sample rate does the usb input handle?

anyone know?

Occam · « **Reply #12 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 01:06 am »

Quote from: jtwrace on 12 Oct 2010, 12:26 am

The funny part is that the mod guys are going to have a field day with this unit. In the end it will cost $1500.

Its obviously your call as to whether you want to pay someone or diy a change to more appropriate, and less cost constrained I/V converter opamps.

jeffh · « **Reply #13 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 01:59 am »

Quote from: tvyankee on 12 Oct 2010, 12:55 am

hey,

so what word length and sample rate does the usb input handle?

anyone know?

Based on what one of the engineers at Emofest told me, the USB wil only support 16/44.1 and 16/48.

Jeff

wushuliu · « **Reply #14 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 03:48 am »

Wow is right. At that price point, I wouldn't expect too much from SQ. But who cares - with those looks and features they're going to sell like hotcakes! Purty!

wushuliu · « **Reply #15 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 03:54 am »

Quote from: MLS on 11 Oct 2010, 11:40 pm

This guy is in the market for a new DAC to better my Maverick D1 to the dirty work for my Squeezebox Touch.

This looks interesting but I still have reservations about Emotiva but in this economic climate it may be a good option for me.

What do you smart guys know about the Burr Brown chip and op amps.

Scott

The only info I've recalled about the AD1955 is that it has a more analytical presentation. The BB 2134 would probably counter that as it's known for it's bass and warmer tone (which I agree). But this is just speculation. Would be interesting if the opamps were easily swappable (I'm betting no).

Mariusz · « **Reply #16 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 04:03 am »

crappy picture

jw87c · « **Reply #17 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 05:02 am »

Quote from: poseidonsvoice on 11 Oct 2010, 09:54 pm

D/A conversion: high performance, multibit Sigma-Delta Burr Brown AD1955

Isn't the AD1955 made by Analog Device? Is the Burr Brown a typo?

wushuliu · « **Reply #18 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 05:03 am »

Quote from: jw87c on 12 Oct 2010, 05:02 am

Isn't the AD1955 made by Analog Device? Is the Burr Brown a typo?

Yes. BB makes the opamp...

mpaulsen · « **Reply #19 on:** 12 Oct 2010, 05:22 am »

From my experience with headphone amps those BB 2134 are a good bang for the buck; nice big warm sound.

It looks like from the frequency response that is doesn't do high-rez

Frequency Response: 5Hz - 48kHz