Audio Note DAC Kit 2.0 Digital-to-Analog Converter - successor to the DAC Kit 1.1

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The DAC Kit 2.0 is our introduction to high-end DAC's. We have taken the best of the original DAC Kit 1.1 - added many enhancements and options and brought the product up into the DAC2 Kit series - Along with our large DAC chassis is the optional USB input.

The DAC Kit 2.0 now contains NO digital or analog filtering - just pure 1xOversampling resulting in crystal clear, warm and unfatiguing sound! We provide the kit with an assembled and tested Digital PCB - This ensures first time build success!

The DAC Kit 2.0 is a stereo digital to analogue converter using Audio Note 1X over sampling techniques. This configuration in our opinion has proven to be musically superior to other over sampling methods. The kit uses the well proven Crystal CS8414 input receiver, and the DAC chip is the Analog Devices 20 bit AD1865N. The tube output stage uses a single 12AU7A / ECC82 as a common cathode amplifier which provides voltage gain to allow the DAC Kit 2.0 to be used with any active preamplifier, and some passive preamplifiers.

Being housed in the same chassis type as its big brother the DAC Kit 2.1, it is now possible to progressively upgrade the DAC Kit 2.0 all the way up to the mighty DAC Kit 2.1 Level C with transformer coupled output!