Musical Fidelity M1 Upsampling Asynchronous DAC [HH00449]

Musical Fidelity M1 Description

Musical Fidelity M1 DAC 24-Bit/192kHz True Upsampling Asynchronous Digital-To-Analogue Converter. Experience pays when it comes to crafting quality digital components that stand out from the rest. Musical Fidelity, the first company to build a DAC, has created the M1 24-Bit/192kHz true upsampling asynchronous DAC. This intelligent device converts signals from any digital audio source with exact upsampling virtues.

Locking on to any S/P diff signals in a wide range of frequencies, the M1 upsamples and converts the incoming signal to 24-bit at 192 kHz. The input frequency is displayed on the face panel. With different digital input connections such as coax, optical USB and balanced, there is no circumstance the M1 DAC will fall short of performing.

Carefully designed circuit configurations result in vanishingly low distortion of typically less than 0.005% across the band. Combined with ruler flat frequency response and little jitter effect the M1 DAC from Musical Fidelity is one of the quietest DACs on the market.

The M1 DAC, incorporate a superior power supply with choke filtration which increases the performance by conditioning the signal of the main power.

Your perfect music experience here and now with Musical Fidelity's M1 DAC.

M1 DAC Features

• Top quality digital components provide state-of-the-art performance
• 24-bit/192Khz true upsampling asynchronous DAC
• Locks on to any S/P diff signal at; 32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88kHz, 96kHz and 192kHz
• Balanced and unbalanced outputs
• Four inputs, including balanced, coax, optical and USB
• Distortion of less than 0.005% across the band
• Choke filtration on mains input increases performance

M1 DAC Reviews

Hi-Fi News Magazine Evaluates M1 DAC - Superb

"It delivers distinguished audio, with superb detail retrieval and a broad, deep soundstage. Moreover you'll have the benefit of gaining extra digital inputs for other sources - such as that rough-sounding TV set top box, perhaps."

AVHub.com Assesses M1 DAC - Top Quality

"MF's state-of-the-art circuit design, PCB layouts, and their use of top-quality digital components give this state-of-the-art performance. The real mystery is how they can do it at such a low price."

Technical Specifications

Output

• Output impedance: 47 ohms
• Output: digital 0dB level RCA output - 2.2V r.m.s. nominal (RCA) 4.4V (XLR)

DAC circuit

• 24 bit Delta-Sigma (bit stream): dual differential 8x over-sampling to 192kHz
• Total correlated jitter: <12 picoseconds peak to peak
• Linearity: <0.1dB down to -96dB
• Frequency response: 10Hz to 20 kHz -0.1dB max
• Channel separation: >105dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz
• Signal to noise: >119dB
• Total harmonic distortion: <0.0025% 10Hz to 20 kHz

Line level outputs

• Line level RCA (phono), left and right
• Line level XLR (balanced), left and right

Digital inputs

• XLR AES balanced digital input
• RCA coaxial connector SPDIF 32-192 kbps (16-24 bit stereo PCM)
• TOSLINK optical connector 32-96 kbps (16-24 bit stereo PCM)
• USB type ‘B' connector for computer/PDA 32-48 kbps

Power requirement

• Mains voltages: 115/230VAC 50/60Hz
• Consumption: 10 Watts maximum

Package Includes

• Musical Fidelity M1 DAC True Upsampling Asynchronous Digital-To-Analogue Converter
• IEC type mains lead (10-Amp type)