Musical Fidelity V90-DAC Specification Sheet

V90-DAC Digital to Analogue Converter

High Performance Digital to Analogue Converter with USB

Our aim with the V90-DAC
was, on balance, to make the
best DAC in the world without
breaking the bank.

Examine any high -end DAC, and

the rst thing you see is massive

casework. As far as we are aware,
this contributes nothing to its
technical or sonic performance.
Take the top off, and in most cases

you will nd a complex layout that

suggests performance. However,
further analysis will show that the
real work of signal handling and
data conversion is done by a
dozen or so components. The rest
is decoration, designed to suggest
competence. These obser vations
formed the basis for the V90 -DAC
concept.

We wanted to build the best DAC
in the world, but to sell it at a fair
price. Using state-of-the- ar t design
techniques and components, we
set out to design a DAC to produce
top-notch technical performance

– housed in a modest, reasonably
priced package.

The V90 -DAC has a balance
of measurements: distortion,
noise, linearity, bandwidth, and
phase, which in their totality are

not signicantly bettered by any

product at any price.

If you hunt around, you may nd

the occasional DAC that claims to
have slightly better performance
than the V90-DAC in one area
or another, but in totality will
not exceed it. There are plenty
of competitors shouting about
their new, wonderful version of
the emperor’s new clothes, but
they offer little or nothing in real
performance to back up their
claims. Just lots of talk about
subjective this or that, but all of it
is just a matter of opinion.

The V90 -DAC is a matter of fact.
Its technical and sonic
performance is superlative.

There are better DACs but they may
cost twenty or thirty times more.

Buying the V90-DAC is your personal
statement of independence from
overhyped claims.

V90-DAC D/A converter in brief

• Exceptional technical
performance combined with
value for money

• Multiple digital inputs – coax, 2 x
optical and asynchronous USB

• Low output impedance

• 32bit DAC

• 24bit 192kHz re-clocking and up­sampling on all inputs

• Extended linearity

• Outstanding channel separation

• Beautiful, considered build
quality

V90-DAC DIGITAL TO ANALOGUE CONVERTER

SPECIFICATION

Performance

Jitter: <12 picoseconds peak to peak

THD(+ noise): <0.004% 20Hz to 20 kHz

Frequency Response: +0, –0.1dB, 20Hz to 20 kHz

Crosstalk: -104dB, 20 Hz to 20 kHz

Signal / Noise ratio: -117dB, 20Hz to 20 kHz

Inputs

1x RCA coaxial connector SPDIF 32-192 kbps
(16-24 bit stereo PCM)

2x TOSLINK optical connector 32-96 kbps
(16-24 bit stereo PCM)

1x USB type ‘B’ connector -
Asynchronous data stream at up to 24-bit/96kHz

(Determined by source le/computer settings)

Outputs

1x line level RCA (phono)

General

Dimensions - WxHxD (mm): 170 x 47 x 102

Weight (unpacked / packed): 600g / 1.1 kg

Supplied Accessories

1x 12v 500mA DC power supply

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