Audio Research DAC-8 - HD Digital

For sale is a mint condition Audio Research DAC-8 with everything (original box, remote, manual and software CD).  Capable of playing high-res 192/24 files via multiple digital inputs ( USB, RCA, BNC, XLR and Optical) and can be fully controlled via a computer.  With AR software for both Windows and MAC, the DAC-8 can be fully managed, including volume, with a computer.    

Truly a wonderful sounding DAC that is highly resolving and organic, staying true to the Audio Research reputation.  It takes a $20,000 DAC to knock the DAC-8 off the shelf, so for less than $3k you can enjoy a world class DAC with many options.


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 “DAC8 HD Audio Device” software drivers, which allow listening to your music in its native sample rate as well as assuring BIT PERFECT, low jitter, data transfer from your PC to your DAC8. Because PC and Mac operating systems do not adequately support sample rates over 96kHz, ARC has developed ASIO drivers to make the USB audio experience sonically transparent, at all sample rates.  
   
 Sample Rate measuring function: Measures and displays on the front panel the correct digital sample rate being sent to the DAC8. This works in USB as well as S/PDIF mode. Consequently, at a glance, you always know exactly which sample rate is being decoded.   
 
 Quad D/A converters: To lower the noise floor and increase the dynamic range, ARC designed in two D/A converters per channel. Instead of using one D/A in stereo mode we use one D/A in each channel. Each D/A is in MONO mode improving the stereo separation, lowering the noise floor and increasing the dynamic range an additional 3dB.     
 
 Dual MO’s: When the time base of any DAC is not an integer multiple of the digital music sample rate, decoding and quantization errors occur. Consequently, the DAC8 uses two low jitter Master Oscillators; one supporting 44.1, 88.2 & 176.4kHz sample rates and the other supporting 48, 96 & 192 kHz sample rates. The DAC8 automatically selects the correct MO the instant digital music is detected at the selected input.     
 
 All inputs are galvanically isolated from the source to reduce or eliminate noise and/or jitter from entering the DAC8.