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24bit/192khz Dac/headphone amp ==
Key Functions:
1. D-linear8: USB wireless DAC digital receiver
2. Universal DAC for CD transports, The Consonance HD interface, DVD players, Blu-ray players, cable TV decoders and satellite receivers
3. Hi-end Headphone amp
4. RCA and Balanced outputs for analog
The newly designed Consonance D-linear 8 Decoder is more than simply a new product, it is also a new concept in audio enjoyment.
The heart of the D-linear 8 is the PCM1792 24-Bit chip running at a 192kHz sampling rate.
Our decoder uses the Transceiver has a low jitter analog PLL, and a PLL lock range from 32khz to 192khz .
There are 4 selectable digital inputs on the rear panel consisting of a coaxial RCA, AES, Toslink and an antenna for digital USB computer input.
The basic signals are displayed through the front panel meter. This meter will also indicate when the signal is locked in.
The D-linear 8 has a wireless USB 2.4G ISM license free band, adaptive frequency hopping random ID pairing and non-compressed 48k/16bit sampling.
This wireless system is like a secondary music system that will compliment your existing main setup.
It can be operated at a considerable distance (up to 25m) from your primary system, there are no bothersome cables.
Your computer can be used as a main source of your music playback allowing you more freedom and worry free operation in your musical enjoyment.
The D-linear 8 includes a hi-end headphone amplifier, 32ohm to 600ohm.
Its size is unobtrusive so it can be positioned anywhere, and it has a very user friendly interface.
review== enjoythemusic
D-Linear 8
Atfirst I thought that the Opera Consonance D-Linear 8 was another USB DAC which makes sense, because at the time of this writing it seems like this typeof DAC is not only in vogue, but what the audiophile community wants. And forgood reason. But the D-Linear 8 is different. After unpacking the D-Linear 8,placing it on an open shelf of the Arcici Suspense equipment rack, I thenstarted searching for the USB input. I should have read the literature first. Onthe back panel of the sleek looking Linear 8 are both balanced XLR andunbalanced RCA analog outputs; and RCA coax, optical, and AES/EBU (XLR) digitaloutputs. And, lo and behold, screws to connect the 2.4G antenna that receives asignal from the provided USB transmitter, which attaches to any unused USB inputon the host computer. This transmitter needs no software to be installed in thecomputer, and will work with any modern PC or Mac. The front panel of theD-Linear 8 has a selector that to choose the input of either the wireless USBinput, its AES input, optical input, or coax input. On the front panel there isalso a neat, retro looking meter that indicated whether or not the D-Linear 8 isreceiving a wireless signal, and a headphone input with a volume control forthis headphone input. Opera describes the Opera D-Linear 8 as acomponent that only is a USB wireless DAC receiver, but a “universal” DAC fortransports, in that it can decode signals from its Opera’s own Consonance HDinterface, as well as DVD player, Blu-ray disc player, and cable TV decoders andsatellite receivers. It contains an onboard “high-end” (their term) headphoneamplifier, and the D-Linear 8 has both RCA and balanced XLR outputs. Iwas most interested in using this device to receive a wireless signal from myhost computer. I left enough time one afternoon to adjust to a learning curvethat I should expect from a unknown technology, but that was unnecessary: Iplugged in the USB dongle to the computer which automatically disconnects thesound card options of the computer, and after selecting the wireless USB inputon its selector knob, music played through the D-Linear 8. Done. D-Linear 8 Sound
As I mostly use my physical CD collection forreferencing the booklets these days, it should surprise no one that my first fewlistening sessions were with the Opera receiving the wireless USB signal. But Idid connect a transport to the D-Linear 8 via its coax RCA input using a VirtualDynamics 75 Ohm digital cable and spun CDs. Hooked up this way, its soundquality was better than the wireless method. But still, the joy of listening tothe D-Linear 8 decode Foobar 2000 or MediaMonkey while shuffling the relativelyhuge amount of data stored on my hard drives was enough to overlook this fact.This was especially enjoyable when the D-Linear 8 located two floors away fromthe host computer. I could get used to this. Lest I give readers the wrongimpression the sound quality of the wireless transmitter was not badby any means. As with the D-Linear 7, the more forgiving tube-based system withstand-mounted Dynaudio speakers in the common living space on the first floor orour home was where I also tended to listen to the D-Linear 8 for enjoyment, notjust reviewing purposes. Another aside: I made the mistake when speaking to thedistributor of the Opera gear of calling the USB wireless system used by theD-Linear 8 as “Bluetooth”. It is not a Bluetooth wireless system, and whetherBluetooth wireless’ poor reputation in regards to sound quality is deserved ornot (it is), the technology behind the wireless audio, at least as used byOpera, seems to preserve the most important qualities that make high-end soundhigh-end sound. Of course there are degrees to which separate the good from thevery best, and this is of course true when describing the difference between theUSB wireless signal of the D-Linear 8 and its direct digital input. Is thetrade-off worth it? I cannot make this decision for you, all I can say is thatthe D-Linear 8 not only worked as advertised, and although not perfect,performed at a level that I think most audiophiles will be able to live with forthe huge convenience (and fun) factor involved. One of the reasons I was convinced that the soundquality of this unit was up to par is when I was listening to the D-Linear 8while Foobar 2000 was on shuffle. On came the first movement of Shostakovitch’s SymphonyNo. 15, the chamber music version played byviolinist Kremerata Musicaon Deutsche Grammophon. It’s out-of-print, which is quite a shame because it isnot only one of the best sounding 44.1/16 recordings in my collection, it isalso is quite a fine performance and unique arrangement of this great piece ofmusic. The movement opens with his version of a toy shop, first with the soundof a high note of a glockenspiel, followed by the whimsical yet sardonic soundsof flute and violin straight out of Shostakovitchs famed vocabulary, as wellas quotes not only from Rossini (William TellOverture) but from past works of his own as well. Bass drum andtympani whacks had enough muscle behind them to shake the room (and showed thatthe rather diminutive Dynaudios could pull this off), and all the sounds werewell sorted out in a soundstage that never sounded cluttered, largely because ofthe realistically scaled sonic distance between the instruments. This was trueregardless of the sarcastic cacophony that Shostakovitch attempted to impose. Asfar as chamber music goes, this piece is as demanding as one can imagine, and ifyou have even an inkling of the range of my taste (or lack thereof) in music,likely the D-Linear 8 would be asked to decode everything from classic ’70s hardrock, to modern jazz, to chamber and orchestral, to world music, to ’50ssoundtracks, to electronic music and I’m sure I’m leaving some genres out all while I was wearing my reviewers hat. I would surely notice if itfaltered. The only hiccup I heard was an actual hiccup, when the signal droppedout a couple of times. Changing the “band” on the Opera’s USB dongle on the PCcured that, as it has eight available channels to optimize its signaltransmission. There was no need to change any settings on the D-Linear 8. When I listened to the few hi-rez files on mycomputer’s hard-drive the sound quality for the most part took a giant leapforward. One was an album that I recently downloaded from HD Tracks John Coltrane’s classic A Love Supreme.I implore anyone who has even the slightest interest in jazz to download thisalbum, as anyone with ears will acknowledge that the 96kHz/24-bit sound on thesefiles blows away any other digital rendering of this masterpiece. Elvin Jones’cymbals in particular have a realistically natural sizzle that is startling, andColtrane’s in-the-room-with-you presence is wonderful. That higher resolutionfiles through the D-Linear 8 sounded better than “regular” files is to beexpected, and the fact that it can decode files up to any resolution that one islikely to encounter is impressive. But I have to be honest although I didindeed listen to plenty of files with a resolution of higher than standard CD Idid a heck of a lot (or greater) more listening to these plain vanilla44.1kHz/16-bit music files, if only because of the sheer number of thoserecordings in my collection. But still, it is nice to know that the ability todecode these files is there when the need presents itself. As far as other discplayer formats are concerned, I did take the time to use the D-Linear 8 todecode the few two-channel music DVDs I own, and my finding were consistent withthe other formats played through it, at least comparatively so. And this is agood thing, as I was impressed not onlyby these higher resolution files. On the files sourced from Red Book CDs, itssound through its digital input was very similar to the D-Linear 7. But bothunit’s sound quality was dependent on the type (and thus quality) of source fileas well as the method of input, and variable enough that publishing “ratings” atthe end of this review would be pointless. Comparisons of the D-Linear 8 to theBenchmark DAC1PRE resulted in similar findings but only when comparing discsplayed via coax input, where it was nearly as good, but not quite, in a varietyof departments. But it was again helpful to remind myself that this comparisonwasn’t really that fair because they are two products that have in common onlythe fact that they can decode a digital signal. The comparison of the Opera’swireless signal vs. its direct digital input were more instructive, yet ratherpointless. It is what it is. But read on. http://www.aa-acoustics.com/opera-consonance/streamers-dac-s/
D-Linear 8
Signal Output: 2.5V RMS (RCA, XLR)
Digital Inputs: Coaxial S/PDIF, TosLink optical, AES/EBU and wireless USB
Analog Outputs: Unbalanced RCA, balanced XLR and 6.5mm headphone jack
Frequency Response: 0 Hz to 50 kHz
SNR: More than 118dB (RCA, XLR)
Distortion: Less than 0.001% ( RCA,XLR)
Dimensions: 3.94 x 8.86 x 12.60 (HxWxD in inches)
Weight: 7.7 lbs.
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