Aqua Formula Dac F/S

Mike Lavigne

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Apr 25, 2010
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Aqua Formula Dac, new 1/17, used 5 months. mint. remarkable sounding solid state dac. have original double box shipping carton. will include a Sablon Reserva Elite USB cable.

$6750 (sold and paid for) + shipping from 98006.....or local pickup.

https://www.audiogon.com/listings/da-converters-aqua-formula-dac-2017-09-12-digital

FEATURES

• Proprietary Optologic D/A conversion system. Pure R2R ladder - FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) based without digital filter

• Galvanic and magnetic isolations between the FPGA and the four branches of the R2R ladder converter

• Jitter free digital interface AQlink PRO (I2S protocol), uncompromising digital connection to La Diva cd transport

• Discrete R2R ladder DACs with low noise precision resistors

• Zero S/PDIF Jitter design, digital receiver stage PLL (phase locked loop) technology

• High-performance AQ Discrete Regulator (MOSFET, J-FET, BJT) for analog and digital DAC’s power supply

• 2 separate low noise C-Core power transformers, one for the analog and one for the digital section

• MODULAR DESIGN with upgradeable multi board platform

• Transformer-based true balanced audio output stage

• Fully upgradeable high-speed USB Audio Class 2 module, PCM 44.1kHz to 384kHz PCM up to 24 bits, DSD64 / DSD128, operates with computers running OSX 10.7 and above, WINDOWS 10, 7, 8, XP with ASIO bit perfect

• Proprietary USB Firmware / driver :
Apple MAC OS - Linux OS : USB asynchronous native support, no need to install drivers software

• Digital phase selector on front panel

• High-quality parts selected for sound quality:
- Tantalum, solid-polymer OS-CON and double-metalized MJP capacitors
- low noise Metal Foil ultra-precision resistors
- double metallized film pulse capacitor
- ultra-fast diodes
- halogen free cables

• Aluminium anti-resonant cabinet with Nextel

• RC5 IR remote controller (optional---not included)

• Designed and handmade in Italy

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sbo6

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Somebody got a great deal, excellent DAC...
 

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