With the Emotiva XDA-2 DAC ($269.10 USD), you get not only a billet of a remote control, but also a solid face plate, a circuit board superior to our Ah Tojeb! '99 Marantz CD-38 CD Player, XLR balanced out, not to mention AES/EBU, Toslink (x2), SPDIF (x2) and USB input, along with a switchable power supply (230V or 115V), power triggering for rack component use (in-theatre), and importantly for this particular character, a lack of a wall-wart.
We'll compare it to our TEAC UD-H01 Dual Monoaural DAC ($399.00 USD), along with the 24-bit, 96 kHz DAC of Mark Levinson's Proceed PAV and see how it compares in situ.
The IMD, though measurable, is a respectable 0.0025%. The S/N ratio, though not compelling at 96 dB (16-bit, 44.1 kHz), is never-the-less a respectable 113 dB at 24 bit, 192 kHz, the device's maximum playback rate. Should you be piecing together your first audio system, this is the sort of device that just screams "pro" and can not be detrimented, due to construction quality, or component / feature design.
THD is a respectable 0.0025%.
Compared to Burson cross-talk is a respectable 100 dB (73 dB on the Burson) (16 bit, 44.1 kHz) and a telling 113 dB at 24 bit, 192 kHz. [Note the cross-talk and the S/N ratio are equally as good, and darn-right respectable for this home-audio, dare we say inexpensive device.]
Thankfully, signal to noise ratio (S/N) on the Headphone output is a respectable >105 dB at full output although output power is low.
JP 2016/06/23
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