NAD DAC1 thoughts?

dewasiuk · 22nd December 2011, 09:14 PM

I'm thinking about getting a wireless DAC for a new stereo system after new years and heard a lot of good things about the NAD DAC1. It seems it would suit my application just perfectly but I was wondering if anyone knew the actual bit and sample rate of this model. The advertisements and reviews say that it can play 24bit/196kHz audio files(I'm happy with 24/96) but the spec sheet says it does 16/48.

jitter · 05:12 PM

The reviews mention the specs of the PCM1781, the DAC-IC inside the DAC1. This DAC is capabale of handling a variety of data (16, 18, 20 or 24 bits) at different sampling frequencies (from 5 kHz up to 200 kHz).

If NAD specifies 16 bits / 48 kHz, that's what the DAC-IC inside the DAC1 has been set up for, and it probably won't play other formats. Having said that, I do expect you'll be able to play other formats, though, but they will have been converted to 16 bits 48 kHz before being wirelessly transmitted to the DAC1.

22nd December 2011, 09:14 PM	#1
dewasiuk diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Winnipeg, Canada	NAD DAC1 thoughts? I'm thinking about getting a wireless DAC for a new stereo system after new years and heard a lot of good things about the NAD DAC1. It seems it would suit my application just perfectly but I was wondering if anyone knew the actual bit and sample rate of this model. The advertisements and reviews say that it can play 24bit/196kHz audio files(I'm happy with 24/96) but the spec sheet says it does 16/48.

24th December 2011, 05:02 PM	#2
jitter diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands	The reviews mention the specs of the PCM1781, the DAC-IC inside the DAC1. This DAC is capabale of handling a variety of data (16, 18, 20 or 24 bits) at different sampling frequencies (from 5 kHz up to 200 kHz). If NAD specifies 16 bits / 48 kHz, that's what the DAC-IC inside the DAC1 has been set up for, and it probably won't play other formats. Having said that, I do expect you'll be able to play other formats, though, but they will have been converted to 16 bits 48 kHz before being wirelessly transmitted to the DAC1. Last edited by jitter; 24th December 2011 at 05:12 PM.

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