Are you
passionate about music and desire a
unique personal listening experience,
yet don’t have the urge to build a
“full blown” music system? Are you
searching for the perfect desktop
solution for a computer based audio
system? Do you already own a
high-performance music system and
have a craving to listen to
headphones without making a
compromise? What if you already have
a MOON system, then this can be the
control center for a secondary
system. Or do you simply want to get
maximum performance from your
reasonably efficient, unbalanced
headphones? The possibilities are
endless...
For any of these scenarios and more,
the 230HAD is more than capable
of the task, whatever your needs may
be. Based heavily on the reference
430HA headphone amp, the 230HAD
features a DSD256/32-bit PCM capable
Digital-to-Analog converter (DAC)
that can be used with virtually any
digital source such a computer,
satellite TV receiver or Blu-Ray
player, and offering the same
fidelity as your main music system.
Ultimately, the 230HAD fills an
immense void in the current
headphone marketplace, especially
when considering its exceptional
“price to performance” ratio. Today
music lovers need a flexible high
quality DAC, capable of both DSD and
hi-res PCM. This multi-function
product is more about affordable
high-performance than minor
features.
A headphone amplifier, a DAC and a
line-stage preamplifier all housed
in one very stylish package. What
else could you possibly ask for? And
did we mention that the 230HAD is
hand-crafted in Canada and comes
with a 10 year warranty.
Features
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Inputs
include 1 single-ended on
rear-mounted RCA’s and 1
single-ended on 1/8” jack
located on the front panel.
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Outputs
include a ¼” TRS headphone jack,
as well as both fixed and
variable single-ended line-level
RCA stereo pairs.
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Fully
asynchronous DAC with four (4)
digital inputs (S/PDIF x 2,
TosLink x 1 & USB x 1) allowing
for use with virtually any
digital source; Supports DSD64,
DSD128 and DSD256 (USB input
only); Supports PCM up to
24-bit/192kHz (all inputs) and
32-bit/384kHz (USB input only).
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Pure analog
amplifier using a
transconductance circuit.
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An oversized
power supply using 1 toroidal
transformer in conjunction with
8 stages of DC voltage
regulation.
Specifications
- Output power/ch. at 600 / 300
/ 50Ω 100mW / 200mW / 1W
- Headphone Impedance 20 - 600Ω
- Frequency Response (audible) 20Hz
- 20kHz ±0.1dB
- Frequency Response (full range)
5Hz - 100kHz +0/-3dB
- THD @ 1kHz, 0dBFS (A-weighted) <
0.005%
- Intermodulation distortion <
0.005%
- Signal-to-noise Ratio 115dB
- Crosstalk 80dB
- Input / Output impedance 22KΩ /
1.25Ω
- Shipping weight 6.2 lbs. / 2.8 Kgs
- Dimensions (width x height x depth)
17.8 x 7.6 x 28.0 cm |