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Twisted Pear Take Pre-Orders for the Buffalo II DAC

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Over at Twisted Pear, they are taking orders for the revised version of their Buffalo DAC. Name wise they have gone for the catchy title “Buffalo II”

In Twisted Pears own literature

“The first generation Buffalo DAC was the first DAC available based on the ESS Technology Sabre-series DACs, then the ES9008. The second generation Buffalo32S was the first DAC available based on the ESS ES9018 Sabre32 DAC chip. In in it's third generation, the Buffalo-II DAC embodies the culmination of our nearly three years of experience working with Sabre DACs, and it our best effort to provide the pinnacle of performance, as well as a high degree of customization.”

Retailing at $249 USD, the DAC boasts an impressive feature set:

Based on the ESS Sabre32 Reference (ES9018) DAC chip

Four DACs per channel ("Stereo Quad Balanced" mode) or eight DACs per channel for full dual-mono use.

High-precision, ultra-low-phase noise clock and integrated re-clocking

Three on-board digital supplies are easily by-passable for customization

Dual series shunt voltage regulator module for AVcc supply

Direct DSD, I2S and S/PDIF inputs supporting up to 24-bit/192kHz

Stereo balanced outputs can be used in current-output or voltage-output mode (depends on output stage used)

All connections by direct or optional (included) terminal blocks

I2C header for remote uC interfacing, such as the Volumite digital volume control

For more details or to place an order, Click here to the product page at Twisted Pear.