SW1X DAC 1
TDA1543 DAC with 6N6P Output Stage
Performance Level 1
With an elegantly simple design, SW1X DAC 1 is one of the most musical and purist TDA 1543 NOS R2R DAC ever made. This is the best high-end entry level solution to a musical, organic & analogue sounding digital setup- just add an analogue sounding digital transport and re-experience your collection of music.
Enthusiastic, transparent, and lively, with a rare purity, the DAC 1 is easy to like. In a world full of Delta/Sigma (bitstream) designs, the R2R DAC 1 is like a breath of fresh air
– HiFi Advice
SW1X Audio Design DAC I Features:
- Pure NOS (Non oversampling – zero digital domain filtering) R2R design
- Selected and Harmonically matched Component & Material Quality
- Pure Class A, Single Ended, Anode Follower, Zero Negative Feedback, RC (resistive loaded, capacitive de-coupled) Valve Amplification Topology
- 6N6P Double Triode Driver Valve Output Stage
- Valve rectified CLC (choke filtered) HV power supply
- Discrete Transistor, Shunt Voltage Regulated Low Voltage Power Supplies
- Supports up to 24Bit/96kHz digital coaxial S/PDIF signal input
Specially Selected and Harmonically Matched Component & Material Quality
- M6 grain orient EI core Mains Transformer & Choke (SPX version)
- Internally wired exclusively with our SW1X Magnum, Genesis and Opus conductors of various geometry (single strand or Litz)
- AN Copper Foil in Oil signal de-coupling Capacitors (SPX version)
- AB 1W non-magnetic Carbon film Resistors in selected places
Tube Compliment
1 x 6N6P
1 x 6X5GT or 5Y3