v a l v e d i g i t a l t o a n a l o g u e c o n v e r t e r

overview and specifications

The EAR/Yoshino ACUTE CD player has been an enourmous success. Music lovers around the globe have instantly recognised the fluid analogue sound that is, once heard, almost impossible to live without.

Now Tim de Paravicini has designed the new stand alone 192 DACute.

We fully expect this model to be as much a success as the CD player Acute. The performance on offer here is fabulous, the facilities are complete and a remote controlled volume make the 192 DAC unbeatable - we are excited !

Mr Tim de Paravicini

the DACute inside view, tidy and well laid out, no time or money wasting frills, just the tools to do the job - in Pravicini fashion.

The extra space created by not havng the transport mechanism allows the optimisation of the spacing of different components - we can 'hear' the results of this.

With the EAR DAC Tim de Paravicini has applied his world renowned knowledge and attention to detail in the analog world, to the digital domain. The DAC boasts a digital to analog converter with low jitter clock and enhanced operation. The DAC is armed with a Cirrus SPDIF receiver, enabling the DAC to interface to your existing digital setup and accept up to 24/192 digital input from USB, coaxial SPDIF and Toslink SPDIF inputs. Immediately upon returning to the analog domain, the audio signal is passed to analog filters of Tim de Paravicini’s own design. The audio is output from a transformer-coupled ECC88 tube line output stage as in EAR pro audio equipment. This allows true floating balanced output as well as identical quality unbalanced line out by RCA connectors. The maximum output is 5 volt, which means it can drive directly any power amplifier of any type, with analog volume control that can be controlled by remote handset. The results are accurate, clean smooth sound, yet detailed, open and dynamic, lacking the overly-crisp, a musicality of many highly-regarded digital to analog converters. Many audio designers claim to make digital players that sound “like vinyl.” Unlike most, Tim de Paravicini, with the DAC, has actually done it.