April Music Eximus DP1 DAC/PRE/Headphone Amp

Retail $3,299 CAD

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The EXIMUS DP1 is a high-end digital to analog converter up to 192kHz/24Bit, which can also be used as a pure preamplifier and top-quality headphone amplifier.

The DP1 has 6 digital inputs including USB 2.0. Each input supports playback of files up to 192kHz/24Bit (44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192kHz). For USB this is accomplished with the ultimate USB 2.0 solution from XMOS with its super-quality oscillators (2 separate oscillators for the multiples of 44.1 and 48kHz).

Alex Rasmussen of A-Rex/Neal Feay designed the chassis cosmetics. Alex owns a full-capacity machine shop in Santa Barbara, CA and is famous for his remarkable industrial designs for Ayre, Constellation Audio, Resolution Audio and many others. The basic design concept of the chassis is the leaf. It represents springtime and with it the month of April like our company name. The volume control, engraved details on the top and all the lines are based on this leaf theme.

Two coax digital inputs, toslink, USB, AES/EBU and I²S give all the digital inputs you really need. With the addition of analogue inputs via RCA connectors on the back and a mini stereo input on the front, the flexibility for various sources increases even further. Then, with a high quality headphone output and analogue outputs via RCA and XLR, there’s really not much this piece can’t do. If using it as a preamplifier directly into a power amp, the front volume control is used, otherwise, turn the volume control fully open and it is eliminated from the signal path to provide you with a high quality fixed output to the preamp of your choice. If the output is a little high for your liking with your chosen preamp, just back off the volume control a bit to the level that suits your system best. Everest Audio

Features

DIR(Digital Input Receiver)
192kHz sampling frequency support
Low jitter recovery mechanism for a very low jitter clock recovery
Very high sensitivity differential input circuit
External noise reduction circuit for minimizing transmission errors
ASRC(24Bit/192kHz upsampling D/A conversion)
Upsampling up to 192kHz
THD: 133dB
Dynamic range: 142dB
DAC(D/A converter)
THD: 0.0004%
Dynamic range: 132dB

Power supply
Custom designed power transformer
Very low output impedance
Line voltage selection 100~117V/220~240V

PCB design
Separated digital and analog circuits design to minimize the digital noise

Specifications