b-DAC

A reference in its' price range!

" relaxed, controlled playback without digital artifacts "
" fluid, honest and natural tone "
" my sincere compliments to Guido Tent and his design team "

Read the test from Werner Ero, Music Emotion July 2010, one of the Dutch leading hifi magazines (Note that this article shows pictures of the pre production cabinet).


Why would you need a new DAC ?
• Improve playback from your existing CD player
• Enhance the quality of your current network player
• Enjoy high perfomance USB based playback

Features & specs
• USB, SPDIF and optical inputs, low jitter SPDIF output
• Balanced and single ended outputs, including volume control
• Low jitter Tentlabs clock (<1ps rms jitter) feeding the sample rate converter and a dedicated reclocking stage
• 12 independent supply regulators
• SRC4382 upsampler, selectable sample rate
• 24 bits 192kHz PCM1792 DAC, al inputs reclocked
• -117dB distortion at 0dBfs (thd 0,0006%)
• Selectable filters and phase
• All functions remote controlled
• Striking design, includes milled aluminium front panel and stainless steel cabinet

Updates
• Expected delivery: early October
• Expected retail price: € 879 (21% VAT included)
• A Hybrid amplifier, a CD transport and a discrete phono pre-amp will follow to complete the product range

A workshop was given using a pre-production model of the b-DAC:

Click here to read the Flemish article