Audeze Deckard Class-A Headphone Amp/ DAC

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  • Brand: Audeze
  • Product Code: Deckard

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  • $699.00

DECKARD Class-A AMP/DAC Headphone Amplifier

If music is an important part of your life you deserve to hear the real thing. The Deckard is a powerhouse of a headphone amplifier combined with a high-performance DAC. There’s a front panel volume control and switches to choose gain and input so you can use the Deckard as a great line-level preamp to drive your whole desktop system. The sound is exciting and dynamic with beautifully rendered tonal colors that make music come alive.

"For price-to-performance ratio, it's a standout. Combines a highly resolving analog preamp with as little or as much gain as any sane person will need. Recommended? You bet!"

- the absolute sound

Exclusive DAC and amplifier technology

The DAC section has impressive specs and handles 16 to 32-bits and 44.1kHz to 384kHz sampling rates. The Deckard features a single-ended class-A output stage with good damping characteristics to control the strong and tuneful bass. Its power handling capabilities at lower impedances is ideal for planar magnetic headphones, but It drives any headphone with power to spare.

Engineered and handcrafted in our California factory

The style and build quality is simply outstanding, the brushed aluminum finish and heft of the Deckard is substantial. The Deckard has input and gain settings with a smooth-turning volume control and puts out 4W of incredibly low-distortion sound for more air, separation and soundstaging abilities.

Cutting-edge industrial design by BMW’s i8 team

You’ll not only be proud of how the Deckard sounds, it also looks striking on the desktop with beautifully machined heatsinks down each side. Our strategic partner Designworks, a BMW group subsidiary, provided the industrial design for the Deckard. Audeze combined their cutting-edge designs with our own circuit technologies to create an astonishingly accurate sounding headphone amplifier.

Package Includes

  • 6-ft. USB cable
  • 6-ft AC power cord

Line Out

 

Type

Single-Ended Class-A

SNR

106dB A-Weighted

THD+N

0.00045% at 1kHz 2VRMS
A-Weighted

Frequency Response

5Hz-100kHz, -1dB
(-0.03dB at 20Hz/-0.07dB at 20kHz)

Line Out Impedance

50 ohms

Headphone Out

 

SNR

106dB A-Weighted

THD+N

<0.1%, 20Hz - 20kHz
4W with 20 ohms load
A-Weighted

Frequency Response

5Hz-100kHz, -1dB
(-0.03dB at 20Hz/-0.07dB at 20kHz)

Output Impedance

3 ohms

Output Power

4W at 20 ohms

 

 

DAC Section

 

Sample Rate

16 - 32 Bit

 

44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz
176.4kHz, 192kHz

System Support

Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1
USB2 driver requires installation
352.8kHz, 384kHz, Supported by Mac only
Native support for Mac OS 10.6.4 and above

Gain

Low=0dB, Mid=10dB, High=20dB

AC Input

AC100V: 90V-110V
AC110V:100V-120V (Factory Default)
AC230V: 210V-230V