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	Topping DX1	Topping DX9	Topping D70 pro SABRE	Musical Fidelity V90-DAC	Topping E50	Topping DX5 Lite	M-AUDIO Micro DAC	iFi ZEN Air DAC	iFi ZEN ONE Signature	Topping DX3 pro+	FiiO BTA30	Topping E70	Behringer U-CONTROL UCA222	Audio-gd NFB-11	Esoteric Grandioso D1	S.M.S.L M500	xDuoo MU-601	S.M.S.L C200	S.M.S.L D1se	Aune S16	Teac UD-301	Musical Fidelity MX-DAC	iFi ZEN Air Blue	Topping G5	S.M.S.L C100	TAGA Harmony DA-400	Topping E70 Velvet	Topping E30 II Lite	Topping D10 Balanced	S.M.S.L X3	Atoll DAC100 se	Sennheiser HDVD 800	Oehlbach XXL DAC Ultra	Tascam US-144MKII	NuPrime DAC-10H	Oehlbach DA Converter	M-AUDIO Transit Pro	Oehlbach DAC Edition 40	CEntrance BlueDAC	Focusrite RedNet X2P	RME ADI-2 Pro DAC	S.M.S.L M300	S.M.S.L M200	iFi Neo iDSD	Musical Fidelity M6SR DAC	iFi ZEN Blue V2	xDuoo MU-603	Soundaware A1X	Topping D90SE	Aune X8 XVIII BT
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Number of channels	1 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	1 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	1 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт	2 шт
Specs
DAC	AKM AK4493S /x2/	AK4499EQ	ES9039SPro		ESS ES9068ES	ES9068AS /х2/				ESS ES9038Q2m	AKM AK4490	ESS SABRE ES9028PRO		ESS Sabre ES9018		ES9038PRO	ESS ES9018K2M	ES9038Q2M	ES9038PRO	AKM AK4495S	Burr-Brown PCM1795 /2/	Burr-Brown PCM1795	ESS Sabre	ES9068AS	AK4493S	ESS SABRE ES9038Q2M	AKM AK4499EX	AKM AK4493S	ES9018K2M		Burr-Brown PCM 1796		Burr-Brown		ESS Sabre32 ES9018	Cirrus Logic		AKM AK4396				AKM AK4497EQ	AKM AK4497EQ			Cirrus Logic CS43131	ESS ES9018K2M	AK4490	ES9038Pro
Bit depth	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	16 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	24 bit	32 bit	16 bit	32 bit	48 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit		32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	32 bit	24 bit /16 bit (USB)/	24 bit	32 bit	24 bit	24 bit	24 bit	32 bit	24 bit	32 bit	24 bit	32 bit	24 bit	32 bit	32 bit	24 bit	24 bit		32 bit	32 bit	32 bit
Sampling frequency	384 kHz /PCM/	768 kHz	768 kHz	192 kHz	768 kHz	768 kHz	48 kHz	384 kHz	384 kHz	768 kHz	192 kHz	768 kHz	48 kHz	192 kHz	384 kHz	768 kHz	384 kHz	768 kHz /PCM/	768 kHz /PCM/	384 kHz	192 kHz	192 kHz		768 kHz	768 kHz /PCM/	768 kHz /PCM/	768 kHz	768 kHz	384 kHz	192 kHz	192 kHz /48 кГц (USB)/	192 kHz	384 kHz	96 kHz	384 kHz	192 kHz	384 kHz	192 kHz	384 kHz	96 kHz	768 kHz	192 kHz	768 kHz	768 kHz	192 kHz	96 kHz		384 kHz	768 kHz	768 kHz
Frequency range	20 — 40000 Hz /±0.3 дБ/	20 — 40000 Hz /±0.6 дБ/	20 — 40000 Hz /±0.2 дБ/	20 – 20000 Hz	20 — 40000 Hz /±0.3 дБ/	20 — 40000 Hz /±0.3 дБ/	20 – 20000 Hz		5 – 80000 Hz /+/- 3дБ/	20 — 40000 Hz /±0.7 дБ/		20 — 40000 Hz /±0.4 дБ/		20 – 20000 Hz	5 – 55000 Hz					20 – 20000 Hz	5 – 55000 Hz	2 – 40000 Hz	20 – 20000 Hz /+0/-0.5 дБ/	20 — 40000 Hz /±0.8 дБ/		20 — 20000 Hz /±1 дБ/	20 — 40000 Hz /±0.4 дБ/	20 — 40000 Hz /±0.8 дБ/	20 — 20000 Hz /±0.2 дБ/		20 – 20000 Hz	1 – 100000 Hz		20 – 20000 Hz	10 – 80000 Hz		20 – 20000 Hz		20 – 20000 Hz /± 0.5 дБ/	20 – 35000 Hz	1 – 20200 Hz				2 – 90000 Hz	20 – 20000 Hz			20 – 20000 Hz /+/- 0.1 дБ/	20 – 20000 Hz /+/- 0.5дБ/
Dynamic range	120 dB	131 dB	133 dB		126 dB	128 dB		113 dB		122 dB		132 dB /XLR/				125 dB	115 dB	126 dB	130 dB /XLR/				109 dB	124 dB	121 dB		131 dB /XLR/	121 dB	125 dB	108 dB	123 dB	115 dB	120 dB		115 dB					120 dB		123 dB	125 dB			109 dB			127 dB /1 кГц/
Signal to noise ratio	120 dB	131 dB	133 dB	117 dB	126 dB	128 dB		113 dB	105 dB	122 dB	115 dB	132 dB /XLR/	96 dB	118 dB	113 dB	120 dB	115 dB	126 dB	130 dB /XLR/		105 dB	115 dB	109 dB	124 dB	121 dB	115 dB	131 dB /XLR/	121 dB	125 dB	100 dB	123 dB		120 dB	107 dB			112 dB		113 dB	120 dB	120 dB	116 dB	125 dB	112 dB	120 dB	109 dB	100 dB		127 dB /1 кГц/	121 dB
Coef. harmonic distortion	0.0002 %	0.00007 %	0.00006 %	0.0004 %	0.00009 %	0.00009 %		0.04 %	0.002 %	0.00015 %	0.002 %	0.00006 %			0.0007 %	0.00015 %	0.0028 %	0.0001 %	0.00009 %		0.0015 %	0.006 %	0.0015 %	0.00009 %	0.0001 %	0.005 %	0.00006 %	0.00020 %	0.00012 %	0.002 %	0.001 %	0.001 %	0.00014 %	0.0045 %	0.0003 %		0.003 %		0.014 %	0.0007 %	0.00032 %	0.00015 %	0.00015 %	0.0015 %	0.0012 %	0.0015 %	0.01 %	0.0006 %	0.0008 %	0.0002 %
ADC
Bit depth													16 bit																					24 bit							32 bit	24 bit
Sampling frequency													48 kHz																					96 kHz								192 kHz
Dynamic range																																										120 dB
Signal to noise ratio													89 dB																					98 dB							115 dB	116 dB
Features
Functions	level adjustment headphone level adjustment	level adjustment headphone level adjustment	level adjustment			level adjustment		bass control /XBass+/ level adjustment		level adjustment headphone level adjustment	level adjustment	level adjustment	level adjustment	level adjustment sensitivity adjustment	level adjustment	level adjustment		level adjustment headphone level adjustment	level adjustment	level adjustment	level adjustment			level adjustment			level adjustment	level adjustment		level adjustment		level adjustment sensitivity adjustment	headphone level adjustment	balance adjustment level adjustment headphone level adjustment sensitivity adjustment	level adjustment				level adjustment sensitivity adjustment	balance adjustment level adjustment headphone level adjustment sensitivity adjustment	bass control treble adjustment balance adjustment level adjustment		level adjustment	level adjustment	level adjustment	level adjustment			level adjustment	level adjustment
More features	DSD /DoP/	ASIO DSD /DoP/ I2S Bluetooth v 5.0 AAC, Apt-X, Apt-X Adaptive, Apt-X HD, LDAC, SBC	ASIO DSD /DoP/ Bluetooth v 5.1 LDAC, AAC, SBC, aptX, aptX LL, aptX HD Mac	117 Mac	ASIO DSD mQA support	ASIO DSD /DoP/ Bluetooth v 5.1 LDAC, AAC, SBC, aptX, aptXLL, aptХ HD, aptХ Adaptive		DSD mQA support Mac	DSD mQA support Bluetooth v 5.1 aptX, aptX HD, aptX Ad, aptX LL, LDAC, LHDC/HWA, AAC, SBC Mac	ASIO DSD Bluetooth v 5.0 SBC, ACC, aptX, aptX LL, aptX HD, LDAC	Bluetooth v 5.0 AAC, LDAC, aptX HD, aptX Low Latency	ASIO DSD /DoP/ Bluetooth v 5.1 AAC, SBC, aptX, aptX HD, aptX LL, aptX Adaptive, LDAC Mac	ASIO 96 Mac	DSD Mac	ASIO DSD	DSD /DoP64/ mQA support Mac	ASIO DSD /DoP/	DSD /DoP/ Bluetooth v 5.0 LDAC, APTX/HD, SBC, AAC Mac	DSD /DOP64/ mQA support I2S Bluetooth v 5.0 aptX Mac	ASIO DSD /DoP/ 255x212x58	ASIO DSD 105 Mac	DSD	Bluetooth v 5.1 AAC, SBC, aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX LL, LDAC, HWA	ASIO DSD /512/ Bluetooth AAC, aptX, aptX HD, aptX LL, LDAC, SBC iPod/iPhone connect Mac	DSD mQA support Bluetooth v 5.0 Mac	ASIO DSD /DoP64/ mQA support Mac	ASIO DSD /DoP/ Bluetooth v 5.1 AAC, SBC, aptX, aptX HD, aptX LL, aptX Adaptive, LDAC Mac	ASIO DSD /DoP/	ASIO DSD Mac	Wi-Fi	DSD 123 Mac	324х216х55 Mac	155x200x48 Mac	ASIO 98 Mac phantom power	ASIO DSD /DoP/ Mac	Mac	DSD	Mac	DSD Bluetooth AAC, aptX iPod/iPhone connect Mac	phantom power	DSD Mac	Bluetooth v 5.0 aptX	DSD Bluetooth v 5.0 AAC, aptX HD, LDAC, UAT Mac	DSD mQA support	ASIO DSD /DoP/	Bluetooth v 5.0 AAC, LDAC, aptX Adaptive	Bluetooth v 5.1 SBC, AAC, aptX, aptX HD	DSD Bluetooth Apt-X Wi-Fi	DSD I2S Bluetooth v 5.0 AAC, SBC, APTX, APTX LL, APTX HD, LDAC	DSD Bluetooth AAC, LDAC, aptX HD iPod/iPhone connect
Channels sensitivity (impedance)
Input impedance (RCA/XLR)																																		2.2 kOhm						6.2 kOhm
Output voltage (XLR)												5 V			2.5 V							4 V					5 V								8 V								4.1 V	6.3 V	4.4 V				5.2 V /4.2 4V mode/
Output impedance (XLR)												100 Ohm			100 Ohm						200 Ohm						100 Ohm								100 Ohm						200 Ohm			100 Ohm	47 Ohm				100 Ohm
Output voltage (RCA)				2.2 V				3.3 V	4 V /for balanced, unbalanced 2 V/		3 V	2.5 V			2.5 V						2 V	2 V	2.05 V				2.5 V			2 V	2.5 V				4 V								2 V	3.2 V	2.2 V				2.6 V /2.1 4V mode/	2 V
Output impedance (RCA)				47 Ohm				50 Ohm	72 Ohm /for balanced, unbalanced 36 Ohm/			50 Ohm			47 Ohm						100 Ohm		50 Ohm				50 Ohm							200 Ohm	100 Ohm						100 Ohm			50 Ohm	47 Ohm	50 Ohm			100 Ohm
Connectors
Inputs	USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical balanced digital (AES/EBU) USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical /2/ USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	USB B	USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF /input/output switchable/ optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF /2/ optical USB B	optical USB C	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B trigger	RCA USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF /2/ optical balanced digital (AES/EBU) BNC /2/ USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical /2/ USB B	USB C /2/	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB C	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical balanced digital (AES/EBU) USB B	optical balanced digital (AES/EBU) USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF /2/ optical /2/ USB B		Mini-Jack (3.5 mm) USB C	coaxial S/P-DIF optical	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B trigger	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF	coaxial S/P-DIF /3/ optical /3/ USB B	RCA XLR /2/ coaxial S/P-DIF optical balanced digital (AES/EBU) USB B	RCA coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	Jack (6.35 mm) /2/ XLR /2/ coaxial S/P-DIF MIDI iR control input	RCA /two pairs/ coaxial S/P-DIF /2/ optical /2/ USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	USB B	Jack (6.35 mm) XLR	Jack (6.35 mm) XLR optical balanced digital (AES/EBU) USB B	RCA	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical		RCA coaxial S/P-DIF optical	coaxial S/P-DIF optical balanced digital (AES/EBU) USB B	coaxial S/P-DIF optical USB B
Outputs	RCA	RCA /2/ XLR /2/	RCA XLR	RCA	Mini-Jack (3.5 mm) RCA	RCA XLR	optical	RCA	RCA coaxial S/P-DIF /input/output switchable/	RCA	RCA coaxial S/P-DIF optical	RCA XLR trigger	RCA optical	RCA	RCA XLR BNC	RCA XLR	RCA /2/ coaxial S/P-DIF	Jack (6.35 mm) /2/ RCA	RCA XLR	RCA XLR /2/	RCA XLR /2/	RCA XLR	RCA	Mini-Jack (3.5 mm) /1 х 4.4 мм/	RCA	RCA optical	RCA XLR trigger	RCA	Jack (6.35 mm)	RCA	RCA coaxial S/P-DIF optical	XLR /2/	RCA	RCA coaxial S/P-DIF MIDI	RCA XLR /2/	Mini-Jack (3.5 mm) RCA	Mini-Jack (3.5 mm) /combined with optical/ optical /combined with mini-Jack/	Mini-Jack (3.5 mm) RCA		XLR	RCA XLR optical	XLR	RCA XLR	RCA XLR	RCA XLR	RCA	RCA /2/	Mini-Jack (3.5 mm) Jack (6.35 mm)	RCA XLR	Jack (6.35 mm) /x2, preamp outputs/ RCA /2 pairs, line and preamp/
On headphones	2 шт /Jack (6.35 мм) / mini-Jack (3.5 мм)/	3 шт /XLR / Jack (6.35 мм) / Jack (4.4 мм)/				2 шт /XLR / Jack (6.35 мм)/	1 шт /Mini-Jack (3.5 мм)/	1 шт /Jack/		1 шт /mini-Jack (3.5 mm)/			1 шт /Mini-Jack/	1 шт /Jack/		1 шт /Jack (6.35mm)/		2 шт /Jack (6.35 мм) / Jack (4.4 мм)/		1 шт /Jack/	1 шт /Jack/			2 шт						1 шт /Jack/		2 шт /Jack, XLR (4-pin)/	2 шт /Jack/	1 шт /Jack/	2 шт /Jack + XLR (4-pin)/		2 шт /Jack + mini-Jack/		2 шт /Jack + mini-Jack/	1 шт	2 шт /Jack/			2 шт	1 шт			2 шт
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External power supply
Power consumption								2.5 W	1 W					12 W	14 W	5 W		5 W	5 W		10 W		2.5 W		5 W							9 W	5.5 W	2.5 W	14 W					11 W	24 W	3 W			20 W	2.5 W			8.5 W
Dimensions (WxDxH)	100х98х32 mm	340х225х60 mm	250x195x50 mm	170х102х47 mm	129х155х41 mm	180х148х45 mm	70х24х10 mm	158x117x35 mm	158x100x35 mm	120х165х40 mm	120x55x23 mm	200х138х44 mm		180х220х55 mm	445x448x132 mm	197x88x85 mm	120x96x42 mm	139x148x32 mm	210х185х42 mm	255x212x58 mm	215x238x61 mm	220х215х53 mm	158x100x35 mm	70х18х140 mm	76x95x32 mm	129x94x24 mm	200х138х44 mm	100х125х32 mm	106х146х37 mm	130x97x24 mm	310x210x60 mm	324х216х55 mm	155x200x48 mm	135x179x47 mm	215х383х59 mm	63х68х23 mm	67х94х30 mm	63х68х23 mm	57x110x18 mm	140x104x48 mm	215x150x52 mm	165x73x70 mm	168x160x43 mm	214x146x41 mm	440x380x100 mm	158x100x35 mm	120x78x40 mm	214x214x80 mm	222x160x45 mm	145x171x45 mm
Weight				600 g			30 g	315 g	485 g	400 g	115 g			2000 g /packaged/	24000 g	910 g	380 g	510 g	1640 g	2500 g	2000 g	2000 g	295 g	265 g	190 g	300 g	1500 g	295 g	340 g	260 g	2000 g	2200 g	1070 g	700 g	4800 g		185 g		120 g	1040 g	1000 g	500 g	680 g	970 g	6900 g	476 g	350 g	4000 g	1070 g
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