Highest quality digital-to-analog converter up to 384kHz/32bit from your PC or MAC, and from USB, I2S S/PDIF and AES/EBU.
Ultra low jitter oscillators and proprietary drivers. Time shift driving of multiple DAC IC's for improved sound quality.
Fully automated battery power supply. Remote control.
- ULTRA LOW JITTER, LOW PHASE NOISE, HIGH STABILITY OSCILLATORS The Vaughan uses two custom oscillators with ultra-low phase noise (comparable to that of very expensive OCXO's) and very high precision. They are powered with ultra-low noise regulators to avoid phase noise increase.
- PROPRIETARY DRIVERS
The standard audio drivers available on the market (e.g. Microsoft Windows operating system) dictated constraints can be overcome thanks to our proprietary drivers: they allow for transferring audio data, maintaining the original file quality without any loss of resolution quality; also, sampling frequency constraints are overcome, while Microsoft and ASIO drivers oblige to operate at no more than 96kHz. When Vaughan is used together with a player application such as FooBar (available for free on Internet), you can listen to your digital music at 384kHz/32bits maximum frequency/resolution, avoiding undesired PC or MAC audio mixer data processing during the data transfer from hard disk to interface. Presently, Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 drivers are available, as well as Mac drivers for 10.6 and 10.7. - BATTERY POWER SUPPLY
The Vaughan features a sophisticated low noise power supply based on a high capacity, high surge current LiPo battery. A dedicated battery charger is managed by the system controller for a totally automatic charge management. - TIME SHIFT DRIVE
Four DAC IC's per channel used in mono mode are driven in a time shifting fashion to allow for an implicit low pass anti-alias filtering at analog buffer's inputs which uses no capacitors or other passive components.
| Digital input | 1 x USB B type female, 1 x I2S RJ45, 2 x S/PDIF RCA female, 2 x S/PDIF 75 Ohms BNC female, 2 x AES/EBU XLR female, 2 x optical Toslink, 2 x optical ST, 1 x external clock 75 Ohms BNC |
| Analog output | 2 x RCA female, 2 x XLR male, 1 x 6.35mm stereo jack (headphones) |
| I/O Standard | Input USB 2.0 Format, S/PDIF Stereo Digital Audio Format |
| Sampling Frequency | 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4khZ, 192kHz, 352.8kHz, 384kHz |
| Resolution | 16 up to 32 bit |
| Output level | 2.7Vrms (RCA), 5.4Vrms (XLR), 6.5Vrms (headphones) |
| Output impedance | 600 Ohms (XLR), 0,5 Ohm (RCA), 10 Ohms (headphones) |
| THD | + noise -114dB (@ 1kHz, 20Hz-20kHz, A-weighted) |
| SNR | 128dB (@ 1kHz, 20Hz-20kHz, A-weighted) |
| Dimensions | 45(d) x 9(h) x 45(w) cm |
| Power Supply | 90 to 265 VAC, 50-60 Hz |
| Battery duration 4 hours Battery charge duration 4 hours |
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| Charge cycles | up to 3000 |
| Temperature | from 0°C to 60°C |
| Weight | 10kg approx. |
