Wyred 4 Sound µDAC
The µDAC brings home-system-like sound to a compact desktop or laptop rig, pairing effortless portability with asynchronous USB, coaxial and optical inputs. Head-Fi highlights its ability to preserve familiar listening quality away from the main system, while driver-free operation and 24/192 digital connectivity make it a neatly focused RCA DAC for office and travel setups.
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Sound Quality
52/100
Build Quality
50/100
Features Connectivity
72/100
Value for Money
85/100
Pros
Delivers a home-system-like listening experience in a compact, laptop-friendly format.
Portable enough to bring office or travel listening closer to a familiar home setup.
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What Reviewers Are Saying
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 52/100
The available listening evidence is extremely limited. One Head-Fi comment says it can deliver the sound expected from a home system while travelling with a laptop, but does not describe tonal character, detail retrieval, or digital artifacts in depth.
Tonal Balance and Musicality
55/100
The Head-Fi comment suggests a satisfying, home-system-like result from a compact DAC. Reviewers do not provide enough detail about tonal balance, naturalness, fatigue, or musical involvement to draw firmer conclusions.
Resolution and Detail
50/100
The supplied review excerpt does not discuss micro-detail, separation, ambience, or low-level resolution. Its general positive impression does not establish how revealing the µDAC is with complex recordings.
Digital Performance
50/100
The review material does not address background silence, grain, glare, timing, or other audible digital behavior. Published specifications list a 102 dB signal-to-noise ratio and 0.0035% THD+N, but the review does not connect these figures to listening impressions.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
50/100
The supplied review excerpt focuses on portability rather than chassis construction, internal layout, power supply design, or long-term durability. The five-year warranty is reassuring, but reviewers say little about physical build quality.
Features Connectivity
72/100
The µDAC combines asynchronous USB input with coaxial and Toslink inputs, all feeding a pair of RCA outputs. USB accepts up to 24/96, while coaxial and optical inputs reach 24/192; it is driver-free, but there are no balanced outputs, headphone stage, display, remote, or network features.
Value for Money
85/100
At roughly $399–$404, the µDAC is positioned as a compact desktop or travel-friendly converter with three digital inputs. The available review excerpt does not compare it directly with similarly priced alternatives or offer a clear judgment on whether its price is especially compelling.
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Specifications
- DAC
- ESS Sabre 9023
- USB Input
- 24/96kHz Asynchronous *88k2 is not supported
- Coaxial Input
- 24/192kHz
- Toslink Input
- 24/192kHz
- Analog Output
- RCA
- Signal Lock
- Yes
- Drivers Required
- No
- Warranty
- 5 years
- Max Output Level
- 2.5V
- Frequency Response
- 20Hz-20kHz: ± 0.1db
- S/N Ratio
- -102db
- Noise
- 13µV
- Output Impedance
- 50Ω
- THD+N
- 0.0035%
- Channel Tracking
- ± 0.05db
- Crosstalk
- > 94db
Manufacturer's Description — Wyred 4 Sound
Checking in at just 3.5"x3.5"x1.25", this compact unit packs a huge amount of muscle into a small package. Using the same ESS DAC technology as larger DAC-2 series, it delivers smooth, quality sound whether it's low-rez internet radio or high-rez component streaming. With two S/PDIF inputs that support 24-bit 192kHz signals, as well as an asynchronous USB for computer streaming, it delivers much of what the big boys offer, but with a smaller footprint and at a lower price.
Whether you're just dipping your toe into better-quality digital music -- or maybe sharpening up a small computer system -- this is the solution for you!
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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)