Cambridge Audio DacMagic
Introduction
Cambridge Audio has long been known to produce very affordable products that include CD players, DVD players, Receivers, Amplifiers, and Speakers.
Recently, they added something very special. A DAC that has high specified performance, including being fully differential, at an unheard of price of $479. Everywhere I have read about this product, people are raving about it.
So, I decided to get one myself, and not only listen to it, but perform bench tests, which no other review has done. I have a Squeezebox Duet, which is a wireless music streamer that plays music from my media server downstairs. The DAC inside the receiver is pretty good, but I wanted to see if substituting a different DAC - connected to the digital output of the Squeezebox - could improve things. The Squeezebox Duet costs about the same price at $399, so the DacMagic seemed the perfect choice.
Specifications
- Design: Differential Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC)
- D/A Converters: Wolfson WM8740
- Inputs: Two Sets of Coaxial and Toslink, USB
- Outputs: XLR and RCA Analog, Coaxial and Toslink Digital
- Output Level: 4.2 Volts XLR, 2.1 Volts RCA
- Digital Input Sampling Frequencies Supported: Up to 96 kHz; 24 Bit
- MFR: 20 Hz - 20 kHz ± 0.1 dB
- THD+N: 0.001% at 1 kHz
- Power Supply: 12 Volt Wall Wart
- Dimensions: 2" H x 8.6" W x 7.6" D
- Weight: 2.6 Pounds
- MSRP: $479 USA (Available from Audio Advisor for $429)
- Cambridge Audio
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