Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2v2SE 10th Anniversary Limited Edition
The DAC-2v2SE 10th Anniversary Limited Edition brings an analog-like ease to high-resolution digital, pairing a refined, unforced presentation with a serious ESS-based, fully balanced platform. 10 Audio highlights its unusually natural conversion, while isolated USB, I²S, and a defeatable volume control make this a versatile digital hub for revealing two-channel systems.
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Nicely Roasted
Sound Quality
87/100
Build Quality
75/100
Features Connectivity
85/100
Value for Money
85/100
Pros
Exceptionally analog-like, natural presentation rather than an overtly digital sound.
Built on a highly respected DAC platform with extensive anniversary upgrades.
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What Reviewers Are Saying
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 87/100
The available review characterizes the DAC as unusually analog-like rather than conventionally digital-sounding. It offers a strongly positive impression of naturalness and freedom from digital artifacts, though the review provides little direct discussion of detail retrieval or specific tonal-range behavior.
Tonal Balance and Musicality
91/100
10 Audio says the DAC performs more like an excellent analog source than a digital component. That is strong praise for its natural, unforced musical character and suggests a presentation that avoids an overtly electronic or sterile quality.
Resolution and Detail
75/100
The review does not specifically address micro-detail, separation, low-level ambience, or the presentation of densely layered recordings. Its broad praise for the sound is encouraging, but detail performance is not described directly.
Digital Performance
93/100
The reviewer explicitly states that the DAC does not sound like a digital component, calling its performance much closer to an excellent analog source. This is unusually strong evidence of a smooth, artifact-free conversion character.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
75/100
The specifications describe a substantial power supply, low-noise regulators, a femto-grade clock, matched resistors, and custom chassis details. However, the available review does not directly assess casework, internal execution, reliability, or long-term ownership quality.
Features Connectivity
85/100
Connectivity is comprehensive, including galvanically isolated asynchronous USB, coaxial, Toslink, AES/EBU, and I²S inputs, plus both balanced and unbalanced outputs. It supports PCM to 384 kHz and DSD256, and adds a remote-controlled defeatable volume control and HT-bypass functionality.
Value for Money
85/100
At roughly $4,499 to $4,698, it is positioned as a premium DAC with an extensive parts and feature set. None of the available review material directly weighs in on whether it represents especially strong or weak value against competing DACs at this price.
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Specifications
- DAC Chip
- ESS Sabre 9038PRO DAC chip
- Digital Board
- Redesigned 10th Anniversary digital board
- Chassis
- 10th Anniversary "champagne silver" or "midnight sparkle black" colored chassis with commemorative silkscreened graphics
- LED Display
- Custom 10th Anniversary red LED display
- Footers
- Custom 10th Anniversary lathed aluminum footers
- Resistors
- Hand-matched custom Vishay Z-Foil resistors (0.1% tolerance and a +/-0.5ppm/°C)
- Clock
- Femto Grade Clock (82 fSec phase jitter)
- Regulators
- Ultra-low noise discrete regulators
- Diodes
- Ultra-fast recovery Schottkey diodes
- Inductors
- Premium-grade inductors
- Transformer
- Oversized toroidal transformer for solid and noise-free power
- Filtering
- 88,000uF of filtering with W4S low ESR "super-cap" (same as used in the STP-SE)
- Fuse
- Upgraded fuse
- Design
- Fully balanced design with balanced and unbalanced outputs
- Inputs
- Coaxial, Toslink, AES/EBU and I²S inputs
- USB Input
- Galvanically isolated, asynchronous USB input
- File Support
- Up to 384kHz PCM and DSD 256 file support via USB or I²S
- Oversampling
- Automatic oversampling for precise output filtering
- Remote Control
- Remote control
- Volume Control
- Defeatable 32-bit volume control
- HT Bypass
- HT Bypass inputs
- Production Run
- Limited production run
- Warranty
- 5 year warranty
- Distortion
- Typical Distortion THD+N (20-20kHz A-weighted @ Vol. 55): <0.002% THD+N
- Frequency Response
- Frequency Response (20-20kHz): ± 0.065db
- S/N Ratio
- S/N Ratio: > 120 db
- Crosstalk
- Crosstalk: > 125 db
- Noise (A-weighted)
- Noise (A-weighted): < 7uV
- Noise
- Noise: < 9uV
- Balanced Output Level
- Balanced Output Level (Vol. 100%): 10.5V (20.1 db)
- Unbalanced Output Level
- Unbalanced Output Level (Vol. 100%): 5.2V (14.5 db)
- Output Impedance
- Output Impedance: DAC-2v2: 100Ω, DAC-2v2SE: 50Ω
- Channel Tracking
- Channel Tracking: < ± 0.50 db
- Dimensions
- Dimensions: 8.5"W x 4.125"H x 13.5"D
- Weight
- Weight: 14 lbs.
Manufacturer's Description — Wyred 4 Sound
Passion and Performance
To celebrate our tenth anniversary this year, we're pleased to present a very special product: the 10th Anniversary Limited Edition. Building on our flagship DAC-2v2SE, this commemorative piece is the finest DAC we've ever produced. The 10th Anniversary DAC-2v2SE will have a very limited production run. Be one of the special few to own this distinctive piece of Wyred history!
Those ideals have been our driving force for the past ten years. Through innovation, pushing the envelope and asking "what can we improve?", those ideals have remained at the forefront of all that we do. In celebration of this very special anniversary, we proudly present the 10th Anniversary Limited Edition. Building on our flagship DAC-2v2SE, this exclusive 10th Anniversary DAC takes things markedly further. It is the culmination of a decade of engineering expertise, using only the highest-grade parts, updated design and distinctive exterior features. It is the ultimate expression of those noble ideals put forth ten years ago that still continue with us today.
Trade-up program for current DAC owners
Exciting news for Wyred DAC owners! We'll give you up to 70% of the original purchase price of your current DAC toward the purchase of a new 10th Anniversary DAC-2v2SE!
Trade-in values as follows:
- DAC-1 (non-LE): up to 50% of purchase price
- All other DACs (DAC-1 LE, DAC-2, DAC-2 DSD, DAC-2 DSDse, DAC-1v2, DAC-2v2, DAC-2v2SE): up to 70% of purchase price depending on age and other factors
Note: Due to the logistics involved, all trades are final.
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- Elite Audio UK — online and in-store — Pittenweem, Escocia, United Kingdom (website)
- Hi Fi Mansion — in-store — Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain (website)
- Mister Hifi — online and in-store — Raamsdonksveer, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands (website)
- Reference Analog — online and in-store — Moore, Oklahoma, United States (website)
- Theatermax LLC — in-store — Boca Raton, Florida, United States (website)