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Mercury Mastering DA converter
Mercury is the first Mastering DA converter in 120V rail
Mercury is a stereo digital to analog converter that
A total of seven digital inputs, two AES/EBU, two SPDIF, two
Each digital sources has its dedicated and illuminated
DAC with DLP120
We looked at many converter designs and asked why
We have 30 years of experience in analog technology and
The output of the DAC-IC (AK4490) is an analog signal that
The Mercury uses our 120V technology instead of the standard
Velvet Sound® DA Converter
The DA converter (DAC) in the Mercury is the AK4490-Velvet
It offers a bit depth of 32 bits and a maximum sampling rate
AES & DW
AES (or more precisely AES3 or AES/EBU) is a standard for
An AES signal transports two encoded PCM audio channels at a
The standard is defined under IEC 60958 Type I.
A special feature is the Dual-Wire mode (DW), where two AES
Balanced, 3-core, 110 Ohm “twisted pair” cables
Coaxial
The consumer version of AES is S/P-DIF (Sony/Philips Digital
The jacks are labeled “Coaxial” and carry two
This standard is defined under IEC 60958 Type II.
Unbalanced, 2-wire 75-Ohm coaxial cables with RCA connectors
Optical
The two ‘Type II Optical’ connectors use optical fibre with
These jacks are labeled “Optical” on Mercury.
Just like the coaxial S/P-DIF inputs, these inputs support
Our tip: You should attach importance to the quality of the
USB
The USB port, for connecting a computer, converts PCM and
Sample rates up to 768kHz are supported for PCM audio. For
No special driver is required for an Apple Mac, as Apple
To use Mercury to its full extent on a Windows PC, the SPL
DSD via USB
A playback of (unencrypted) DSD data from the computer can
Specific software players such as Audirvana Plus (Mac),
The USB Audio 2.0 specification defines different formats
SACD or BluRay players usually do not output the DSD stream
PCM & DSD
Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) is a method of encoding sampled
Direct-Stream Digital (DSD) is a trademark of Sony and
Since PCM and DSD are digital formats, there are other ways
DSD is fundamentally different from conventional PCM. While
Volume Control
On the analog side, Mercury offers a regular stereo output,
The volume control for the variable output of the Mercury is
As volume control we use the ALPS RK27 “Big Blue”
0dBfs Reference Level
Holding the Sync button down for more than two seconds will
SPL Mercury Stereo Mastering DAC Digital to Analog Converter (Black)
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Mercury Mastering DA converter
Mercury is the first Mastering DA converter in 120V rail
Mercury is a stereo digital to analog converter that
A total of seven digital inputs, two AES/EBU, two SPDIF, two
Each digital sources has its dedicated and illuminated
DAC with DLP120
We looked at many converter designs and asked why
We have 30 years of experience in analog technology and
The output of the DAC-IC (AK4490) is an analog signal that
The Mercury uses our 120V technology instead of the standard
Velvet Sound® DA Converter
The DA converter (DAC) in the Mercury is the AK4490-Velvet
It offers a bit depth of 32 bits and a maximum sampling rate
AES & DW
AES (or more precisely AES3 or AES/EBU) is a standard for
An AES signal transports two encoded PCM audio channels at a
The standard is defined under IEC 60958 Type I.
A special feature is the Dual-Wire mode (DW), where two AES
Balanced, 3-core, 110 Ohm “twisted pair” cables
Coaxial
The consumer version of AES is S/P-DIF (Sony/Philips Digital
The jacks are labeled “Coaxial” and carry two
This standard is defined under IEC 60958 Type II.
Unbalanced, 2-wire 75-Ohm coaxial cables with RCA connectors
Optical
The two ‘Type II Optical’ connectors use optical fibre with
These jacks are labeled “Optical” on Mercury.
Just like the coaxial S/P-DIF inputs, these inputs support
Our tip: You should attach importance to the quality of the
USB
The USB port, for connecting a computer, converts PCM and
Sample rates up to 768kHz are supported for PCM audio. For
No special driver is required for an Apple Mac, as Apple
To use Mercury to its full extent on a Windows PC, the SPL
DSD via USB
A playback of (unencrypted) DSD data from the computer can
Specific software players such as Audirvana Plus (Mac),
The USB Audio 2.0 specification defines different formats
SACD or BluRay players usually do not output the DSD stream
PCM & DSD
Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) is a method of encoding sampled
Direct-Stream Digital (DSD) is a trademark of Sony and
Since PCM and DSD are digital formats, there are other ways
DSD is fundamentally different from conventional PCM. While
Volume Control
On the analog side, Mercury offers a regular stereo output,
The volume control for the variable output of the Mercury is
As volume control we use the ALPS RK27 “Big Blue”
0dBfs Reference Level
Holding the Sync button down for more than two seconds will
Mercury supports all currently used reference
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