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The D/AC-1100 HD is designed to deliver incomparable musical detail from any digital source. You will enjoy the warmth and depth that are usually associated only with the finest analog sources. In addition to its high-quality components, triple power supplies and high current analog drive stages, your D/AC-1100 HD incorporates the High Definition Compatible Digital ® PMD-100 HDCD ® process decoder developed by Pacific Microsonics. This state-of-the-art decoder performs precise decoding of HDCD encoded recordings and also functions as a superb digital filter that will enhance the sonic quality of non-HDCD encoded recordings.

FEATURES

• Four Digital Inputs
• Gold-plated audiophile jacks
• De-Emphasis Circuit
• Balanced Analog Outputs
• Gold-clad precision relays
• FR4 glass circuit boards
• Low Jitter Crystal Receiver
• Three Separate Power Transformers
• Digital Record Output Jack
• HDCD ® Process Decoder
• Regulated Power Supplies
• Precision Resistors
• 4 Burr-Brown PCM 63-K DACs
• Polarity Inversion Switch
• Precision Capacitors
• IEC removable AC cord
• Silver-plated wiring
• Heavy-duty chassis

SPECIFICATIONS

• Frequency Response:
      2 Hz - 20 kHz, I0.25 dB
• Signal to Noise Ratio:
      > 108 dB, 113 dB typical
• Channel Separation:
      > 100 dB @ I kHz
• Total Harmonic Distortion:
      < 0.0015% @ 1 kHz
• Amplitude Linearity:
      >100 dB; 102 dB typical
• Phase Linearity:
      +/- 0° @ 20 kHz
• Maximum Jitter:
      < 50 picoseconds RMS, (10 Hz 40 kHz) using selected low jitter Crystal
      8412 Digital Interface Receiver
• D-A Converters:
      Two Burr-Brown PCM 63P-J 20 bit, push-pull for each channel and fully balanced digital operation
• Oversampling Rate:
      8 X (352.8-kHz)
• Digital Input:
      32 kHz, 4.1 kHz, 48 kHz; Consumer standard SPDIF
• Digital Filters:
      PMD-100 High Definition Compatable Digital
• Absolute Polarity:
      0 deg or 180 deg switchable
• Digital Inputs:
  • Coaxial:
        75 Ω RCA
  • TOSlink fiber optic:
        EIAJ Standard CP-340/RC-5720, 660 nm typical wavelength
  • AES/EBU Balanced XLR
• Outputs:
      Unbalanced Analog Line Out: 3 V nominal, 600 Ω
      Digital: 75 Ω RCA coaxial, 0.5 V peak-to-peak
• Power Supplies:
      3 separate transformers and nine regulators for digital circuits and for each analog channel
• Power Requirement:
      120 V, 60 Hz, 18W; may be re-wired for 220 - 240 V, 50 Hz
• Dimensions:
      19" W x 3" H (3 5/8 with feet) x 13 1/8" D
• Net Weight:
      12.5 lb.

DOWNLOADS

• Owner's Manual