CANARY AUDIO KD-2000 Tube DSD DAC

The KD-2000 Tube DSD D/A converter is specially designed for those who like to play their music digitally without sacrificing sound quality. Utilizing the very finest technologies and uncompromising design, the KD-2000 is capable in offering the widest DSD and PCM support with highest sampling rate.

Product Features:

Dual ESS SABRE ES9018 chip were used, one dedicated chip per channel, offering a true dual mono operation. Each ES9018 incorporates eight individual D/A converters in Dual Differential coupling for optimal performance
State of the art custom designed USB chip. The USB input is compatible with following audio formats via PC/MAC. PCM: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192, 352.8 and 384 kHz, up to 32 bits. DSD64 and DSD128 via USB (DoP): 2.822, 3.072, 5.644 and 6.144 MHz.
User selectable digital filters are available, making it possible to select the optimum sound quality to suit the individual piece of music. A fast or slow finite impulse response (FIR) digital filter and a 50, 60, or 70 Hz Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) digital roll-off filter can be selected. In addition, a digital phase-locked-loop (DPLL) filer is also available.
Sophisticated tube buffer section with the use of two carefully selected 6922 vacuum tubes.
Built in volume control of a highly refined design wih user adjustable volume level and left and right channel output level.
Two fully isolated and separated power supplies for the analogue and digital sections.
Dual audiophile grade custom wound toroidal transformer (epoxy potted) were employed, one per each channel.
Six digital inputs are available: 2 x Coaxial (S/PDIF), 1 x I2S, 1 x optical (TOS-Link), 1 x AES/EBU and 1 x USB.
Two high-quality analogue outputs, 1 x symmetrical (XLR) and 1 x asymmetrical (RCA).
Fully compatible with Apple IR remote control (not included).