The new digital standard from the master of analog, and the centerpiece of your entire listening system.
With over five decades of experience producing equipment for the world’s finest studios and concert halls, Rupert Neve is revered by the world’s recording engineers and producers as the number one name in high-quality audio. Now, Rupert’s fifty-plus years of engineering have been distilled into the superlative core of your home listening system: The Precision Digital-to-Analog Converter.
Whether you’re listening through one of the three dedicated headphone outputs, going DAC-direct to your monoblocks, or running it as a fully analog preamp from balanced inputs to balanced outputs through Rupert Neve Designs’ famous custom audio transformers, the Precision DAC is a studio-quality control center for your home system.
GREAT SOUND STARTS & ENDS IN ANALOG
As in the professional recording environment, analog signal quality is paramount to the listener’s experience, and Rupert Neve’s analog circuit designs are world-renowned for their musicality and clarity. The Precision DAC is built around pure Class-A, high voltage topologies for extremely wide bandwidth and exceptional dynamic range, with balanced XLR inputs and outputs utilizing custom audio transformers based on those found in Rupert Neve’s classic studio designs. Just as they are crucial to perfecting the art of musical recording, these circuits and transformers are also the key to the Precision DAC’s stunning playback resolution, and to its ability to produce a soundstage with visceral realism and unparalleled depth.
“A well-deserved Product of the Year Award...and a must-hear for anyone who wants that right-out-of-the-mixing-board sound!”
“A brief listen to a few familiar tracks...yielded spacious and highly resolved yet very substantial sound, with a remarkable sense of soundstaging / instrumental placement I’ve seldom experienced through headphones.”
THE NEW STANDARD IN DIGITAL ACCURACY
The Precision DAC will resolve every last bit of nuance in your music collection. In DSD mode, the DAC is capable of operating at the highest available standard of DSD512 (22.4 MHz). In PCM mode the the DAC is capable of reproducing 32-bit, 384 kHz files. Pristine clocking with the top-of-the-line AKM converter chips and highly customized integration make the Precision DAC a true reference level product. The Precision DAC’s rear panel also features digital filter sets to further adapt the sound for any system.
THE REFERENCE HEADPHONE AMP
The headphone amp in the Precision DAC elevates the award-winning RNHP design with the inclusion of dedicated XLR balanced and Pentaconn balanced outputs in addition to the 1/4” unbalanced output. The Headphone amp also features a high gain switch to drive the most difficult to power headphones – this is pure headphone audio at its finest.
“...the best sounding, most enjoyable, all-in-one unit I’ve heard at its price-point that also includes a true analog-input-to-analog-output path.”
“Absolutely superb.”
“All frequencies had precision and musicality, and it was hard to find fault in such a masterpiece.”
“Listening to the new Fidelice Precision DAC’s headphone output with the new ZMF Verite Closed-back design was a revelation.”
“It just oozes ‘cool’, and it’s a pleasure to interact with on a human level...If money were no object, this would be The One Box that I’d want to have on my desk.”
THE SPECIFICATIONS
While listening tests are always the final arbiter for all of our designs, the Precision DAC also delivers truly world-class technical specifications in addition to its stunning sound quality. From the unbalanced input to the unbalanced output, the THD+N @ 1kHz is a vanishingly low .0003%, with noise at -109dBV (22 Hz - 22 kHz) and frequency response of better than +/- .1dB from 5 Hz to 112 kHz. Even from the Precision DAC’s balanced input to transformer balanced output, THD+N @ 1 kHz remains better than .0005%, with noise at -101.2dBV (22 Hz - 22 kHz).
To hear the Precision DAC is to experience recorded music’s true potential.
CONNECTIONS
Analog Inputs: XLR Balanced, RCA unbalanced
(+4 /-10dB operating levels switchable on the rear panel)
Digital Inputs: Coax S/PDIF, Optical S/PDIF, USB (Mac / PC / iOS / Android)
Analog Outputs: XLR balanced (fixed or variable), RCA unbalanced (fixed or variable)
Headphone Outputs: TRS unbalanced, 4-pin XLR balanced, Pentaconn balanced
Firmware Update: Micro USB
Balanced XLR Input to Balanced XLR Output (FIXED Volume)
Source Z = 40 Ω Balanced with 30 ft Output XLR
Input Impedance: 10 kΩ
Output Impedance: 40 Ω
Maximum Input Level (+4dBu Selected): +23.5 dBu
Maximum Output Level: +21.3 dBV
Noise @ FIXED Volume (10 Hz - 22 kHz BW): -101.2 dBV typical
Frequency Response (5 Hz to 116 kHz): +/- 0.1 dB typical
THD+N (@1 kHz): 0.0005% typical (10 Hz to 22 kHz)
Unbalanced RCA Input to Unbalanced RCA Output (2V RMS Redbook)
Source Z = 470 Ω Unbalanced
Input Impedance: 10 kΩ
Output Impedance: 33 Ω
Maximum Input Level: +19.2 dBV
Maximum Output Level: +19.2 dBV
Noise @ FIXED Volume (10 Hz - 22 kHz BW): -109 dBV typical
Frequency Response (5 Hz to 112 kHz): +/- 0.1 dB typical
THD+N (@1 kHz): 0.0003% typical (10 Hz to 22 kHz)
Balanced Input to Unbalanced Headphone Output
Source Z = 40 Ω Balanced
Input Impedance: 10 kΩ
Output Impedance: 0.01 Ω
Maximum Output Power: 1W into 16 Ω
Noise @ Max Volume (10 Hz - 22 kHz BW): -98.2 dBV typical
Frequency Response (5 Hz to 200 kHz): +/- 0.2 dB typical
THD+N (1W into 36 Ω Load @1 kHz): 0.003% typical (10 Hz to 22 kHz)
THD+N (1W into 16 Ω Minimum Load @ 1 kHz): 0.006% typical (10 Hz to 22 kHz)
DIGITAL PATH SPECIFICATIONS
Coaxial S/PDIF Input to Balanced XLR Output
(FIXED Volume, 192 kHz SR)
Noise (10 Hz - 22 kHz BW): -96.2 dBV typical
Frequency Response (5 Hz to 23 kHz): +/- 0.1 dB typical
Passband (0.5 Hz to 90 kHz): -3dB typical
THD+N (@1 kHz): 0.0004% typical (10 Hz to 22 kHz)
Coaxial S/PDIF Input to Balanced Headphone Output
(192 kHz SR)
Output Impedance: 0.02 Ω
Maximum Output Power: 1W into 16 Ω
Noise @ Max Volume (10 Hz - 22 kHz BW): -89.2 dBV typical
Frequency Response (5 Hz to 20 kHz): +/- 0.1 dB typical
Passband (0.5 Hz to 90 kHz): -3dB typical
THD+N (1W into 16 Ω Minimum Load @1 kHz): 0.008% typical (10 Hz to 22 kHz)
Coaxial S/PDIF Input to Unbalanced RCA Output
(FIXED Volume, 192 kHz SR)
Noise (10 Hz - 22 kHz BW): -107 dBV typical
Frequency Response (5 Hz to 20 kHz): +/- 0.1 dB typical
Passband (0.5 Hz to 90 kHz): -3dB typical
THD+N (@1 kHz): 0.0004% typical (10 Hz to 22 kHz)
Coaxial S/PDIF Input to Unbalanced Headphone Output
(192 kHz SR)
Output Impedance: 0.01 Ω
Maximum Output Power: 1W into 16 Ω
Noise @ Max Volume (10 Hz - 22 kHz BW): -95.2 dBV typical
Frequency Response (5 Hz to 20 kHz): +/- 0.1 dB typical
Passband (0.5 Hz to 90 kHz): -3dB typical
THD+N (1W into 16 Ω Minimum Load @1 kHz): 0.006% typical (10 Hz to 22 kHz)
POWERING
Operating Mains Voltage: 100-240VAC, 50/60 Hz
AC Power Consumption: 45W Max
