Denafrips Pontus II DAC

PONTUS is DENAFRIPS' premium DAC. To achieve the highest possible sound quality within the cost constraint, PONTUS adopted many of the technologies found in the TERMINATOR DAC. Yes, that's right, PONTUS is designed around the similar architecture of the TERMINATOR DAC. OH, and IT'S BUILT LIKE A TANK! The chassis is made of massive aluminum plates and securely fastened with internal brackets. It's smooth and high-end looking, as there are no visible screws or bolts to be seen on the top or sides. The all-aluminum enclosure also helps with shielding and vibrations. Things the high-end obsessed customers look for indeed. The Pontus II is an R2R Ladder DAC, so it does not sound like a traditional DAC that uses traditional chips. For example, like those from ESS or Sabre. This DAC is also different in sound from the FPGA Chord DACs. The PONTUS is a true balanced, dual mono R-2R network array DAC. Each channel is equipped with an independent high-speed FPGA to control the decoding by means of 4 sets of 0.01% R-2R networks. This design has very small linear error, high decoding speed, and low digital noise, not only to ensure that the audio signal is low distortion, but also to ensure a very low background music noise; allowing the listener to enjoy the true music with a dark background. All digital inputs are FIFO buffered and reclocked by the onboard FEMTO clocks. The excellent rejection of word-clock jitter makes the DENAFRIPS DAC less reliant on the source equipment's clock quality. PONTUS can transform your consumer-grade computer or CD player into high-end sound quality.

Inputs: Coax, BNC, 2x AES/EBU, TOSlink, I2S on HDMI, USB Outputs: Balanced/Unbalanced Proprietary R2R + DSD Architecture True balanced 24-bit R2R + 6-bit DSD (32-step FIR Filters) Low Thermal Effect, High Precision Hand-Matched 0.01% Resistors FEMTO Crystal 45.1548MHz, 49.152MHz Encapsulated Ultra Low Noise Power Supply Adaptive FIFO Buffer Reclocking New Improved DSP Digital Signal Processing FPGA Code DSD1024, PCM1536 Supports On USB & I²S Input Proprietary USB Audio Solution via STM32F446 Advanced AMR-Based Licensed MCU Thesycon USB Driver For Windows Platform