DAC 0.1

Extensive research into the fundamental properties of the data stream itself has shown beyond doubt that, regardless of the theoretical and measurable advantages of the signal manipulation employed in all currently available digital products, such as higher oversampling, noise shaping, re-clocking, or jitter reduction, the result is this: all these corrective measures greatly interfere with the critical time domain requirements of the signal. Current theory is based on an assumption that music is similar to bookkeeping data, which, of course, it is not.

Music is a time continuum from beginning to end, which, when broken, is irreparably damaged, and no amount of clever manipulation can ever restore it to its original time-frequency-amplitude duration or relationship, regardless of what the theorists may tell you.

Materials and Component Quality

The DAC uses the revolutionary and currently exclusive Audio Note digital technology, dubbed 1x oversampling™ direct from disc™ circuit topology. The technology, in essence, dispenses with all the correction measures inherent in all other D/A converters and presents the digital signal directly to the converter after reformatting. In other words, all products in the Audio Note DAC range have no oversampling, no jitter reduction, no noise shaping, and no re-clocking.

Having removed all the digital filtering that is part of the oversampling, we have also dispensed with all filtering in the analogue domain to further retain good wideband phase-frequency and dynamically coherent behavior. The end result is a reproduction more reminiscent of master tape in quality, with greater differentiation and contrast between different recordings.

The DAC0.1x converter uses a Philips TDA1543 stereo D/A converter chip and features a 6111WA valve zero-feedback output stage.

Engineered with audiophile-grade components — premium drivers, hand-matched crossovers, and a hardwood enclosure tuned for natural decay. Every cabinet is internally braced and damped to suppress resonance below the threshold of audibility.

• Custom 6.5" mid-bass driver with paper-pulp cone for transient accuracy.
• Soft-dome silk tweeter with neodymium motor for airy, fatigue-free highs.
• Point-to-point hand-wired crossover using silver-foil capacitors.
• Bi-wirable terminals plated in pure copper.

Place each speaker on its dedicated stand, toed-in toward the listening position. The hardwood enclosure resonates in concert with the drivers — a deliberate, musical interaction rather than a flaw to be eliminated.

Connect to a quality amplifier using bi-wired speaker cable for the most transparent presentation. Allow 50–100 hours of break-in for the drivers and crossover capacitors to settle into their final voicing.