THD+N, 1 kHz at 0 dBFS -113 dBFS, -113 dB, 0.00022%
THD+N, 1 kHz at -1 dBFS -114 dBFS, -113 dB, 0.00022%
THD+N, 1 kHz at –3 dBFS -119 dBFS, -116 dB, 0.00016%
THD+N, 20 to 20 kHz test tone at –3 dBFS -113 dBFS, -110 dB, 0.00032%
Frequency Response at Fs=192 kHz +0 dB, -0.015 dB (20 to 20 kHz)
-0.015 dB at 10 Hz
-0.005 dB at 20 kHz
-0.031 dB at 40 kHz
-0.15 dB at 80 kHz
Frequency Response at Fs=48 kHz
+0 dB, -0.015 dB (20 to 20 kHz)
-0.015 dB at 10 Hz
-0.005 dB at 20 kHz
Crosstalk-137 dB at 20 Hz
-130 dB at 1 kHz
-116 dB at 20 kHz
Maximum Amplitude of Jitter Induced Sidebands (10 kHz 0 dBFS test tone, 12.75 UI sinusoidal jitter at 1 kHz) < -144 dB
Maximum Amplitude of Spurious Tones with 0 dBFS test signal < -138 dB
Maximum Amplitude of Idle Tones < -147 dB
Maximum Amplitude of AC line related Hum & Noise < -133 dB
Inter-channel Differential Phase (Stereo Pair – any sample rate) +/- 0.25 degrees at 20 kHz
Inter-channel Differential Phase (Between DAC3 Units Fs<110 kHz) Any sample rate. +/- 0.25 degrees at 20 kHz
All of the DAC3's digital inputs support native PCM or DSD conversion. From any input, DSD is carried to DoP 1.1. DSD and PCM, being natively converted to analog. There are no DSD to PCM or PCM to DSD conversions that compromise the music quality. DAC3's conversion system easily switches between native PCM and native DSD conversion.
The DAC3's converters are designed to drive power amplifiers and speakers directly. Benchmark converters have adjustable low impedance attenuators at the XLR outputs that can be used to optimize the interface to the power amplifier. This unique function optimizes the gain staging between the DAC and the power amplifier.
