Sometimes good things come in small packages and that’s certainly the case with the NuWave DAC. Our most affordable D to A Converter gives up little in the way of features from our larger and more expensive versions. Fully asynchronous on its inputs, the NWD can take just about any type of input, at sample rates and bit depths to match current high resolution standards and output pure analog through a fully discrete output stage.
Used with any CD player or transport, the NWD produces a seamless three dimensional soundstage from your entire CD library. Connected to your computer, running music management software like iTunes, Bit Perfect, Amarra, or J River and an iPhone or Droid controller, the NWD becomes your center for streaming high resolution music at the touch of a finger. Performance as well as musicality are never compromised. Hand tuned and personally voiced by Paul McGowan, this fine audio instrument will bring the listener years of musical bliss.
The NuWave DAC is the first of a new breed of affordable high-end digital to analog processor from PS Audio. Based on our acclaimed PerfectWave series, the NuWave DAC (NWD) accepts inputs from any digital source including USB (up to 192kHz 24 bit asynchronous) from your computer and connects to your system’s preamplifier with either single ended (RCA) or balanced (XLR) connections.
Used with music server software like JRiver, Bit Perfect, Amarra or Pure Musicand an iPhone app, the NuWave becomes your entry into the world of high-end digital audio music.
Performance is superb at anywhere near the NWD price and there’s good reasons why as you’ll discover. In fact, the NuWave DAC is one of the best sounding products we have produced in our 23 years of building DACS. Sweet, open spacious and effortless, this device will bring the life back into your music and all at the touch of a finger.
The NWD features the latest fully balanced generation of 192kHz 24-Bit resolution Burr Brown engines with 123dB dynamic performance and rated THD a stunningly low 0.0005%.
It comes with differential outputs, an 8 times oversampling filter, Native mode, XMOS asynchronous USB processor, new low jitter clocks providing exceptionally lifelike audio.
Our engineers based the NWD around a solid high-performance DAC engine, state-of-the art XMOS processor and then designed an all new input circuit based on the PerfectWave low jitter clocks, a 100% discrete output stage and a huge power supply to finish it off.
This is true high-end. You won’t find any chip op amps in this product.