Metrum Acoustics Pavane with DAC 3 Module (Silver)

Description

with DAC 3 Module

With that goal of creating a very special DAC in mind the
designer, Cees Ruijtenberg, has during the past year developed a new DAC.

It was an unprecedented challenge, which was eventually solved by introducing
an entirely new chip, which has been exclusively developed by Metrum Acoustics.

Behind the luxurious front more than new chips are
concealed: The parallel driven R2R ladder networks as used in the eight DAC
modules performs , especially when combined with our FPGA-driven “forward
correction module”, on a higher level. This module splits up the audio
samples  for each channel into new separate data streams. Each dac cluster
processes a portion of the data in the most linear region of the dac chips. The
result of this process is an extremely high linearity, right down to -140 dB,
which gives the Pavane a realistic 24 bit dynamic range. Due to the dual mono
design over the entire frequency range an extremely high channel separation of
120 dB is realized. This contributes to the flawless positioning of
instruments.

In short, the Pavane is a DAC that has taken all the lessons and experiences
that her designer has learned over the years, and combined them in an ambitious
DAC that can fit in every system. It is musical, honours the Non-oversampling
principle while simultaneously incorporating the technological progress that
has been made over the years

The Pavane is available in black or silver. The used top
panel is a sandwich of steel and 4 millimeters of tempered black coated glass
and gives the Pavane  very distinctive  looks

The Pavane is build up with a double well damped frame and will avoid
vibrations due to the use of bituminous material.  Around this strong body
beautiful shaped aluminum panels are used to make it even stronger. The choosen
approach masks the use of screws from most important directions

As standard a remote will be delivered to control the available
digital inputs.