Pontus 15TH has achieved an unprecedented breakthrough in audio quality. Employing advanced audio enhancement technologies, it delivers sound that is even more nuanced, profound, and layered. This is not merely a simple upgrade; it represents a profound challenge and transcendence of traditional audio perceptions, offering audio enthusiasts an unparalleled auditory feast. This DAC boasts a genuine balanced R-2R ladder network array design, with each channel equipped with an independent high-speed CPLD.It decodes digital signals through four sets of 0.005% R-2R networks, ensuring extremely low distortion and background noise in the audio signals.Every note resonates vividly and fully, leaping into the listener’s ears. Maintain the original sampling rate of audio signals to the greatest extent. Additionally, all digital inputs undergo FIFO buffering and are re-clocked by an on-board CPLD crystal oscillator, providing exceptional jitter suppression capabilities. This minimizes the DAC’s reliance on the source device’s clock quality, further enhancing audio quality. Pontus 15TH’s power design also exemplifies remarkable ingenuity. The innovative box-in-box design perfectly isolates the DAC motherboard from the linear power supply unit, effectively preventing external interference from impacting audio quality. Meanwhile, the metal alloy casing enhances the purity and stability of the power supply. All digital input are FIFO buffered and reclocked by the on board LPNO crystal oscillators. The excellent rejection of word-clock jitter makes DENAFRIPS DAC less reliance to the source equipment clock quality. PONTUS 15TH can transform your consumer grade computer, CDPlayer to high-end sound quality. Non-Oversampling R-2R DAC /Signal fed to the DAC remain in its native sampling rate without additional processing. PONTUS 15TH is a true NOS DAC. Enhanced PSU & Conductors Pure Silver Cable and conductors for power transfer from PSU to DAC mainboard Fine Tuning of the PSU at components level to further enhanced the AC/DC rectifiers and DC regulators ENCAPSULATED LINEAR POWER SUPPLY Clean power equates to the foundation of good sound. A dedicated linear power supply unit, designed and encased in a 1.5mm thick metal alloy enclosure, can be found underneath the DAC motherboard. The box-within-box design, not only does it eliminates the inherited problems of dual box solution, it presents the details and attentions DENAFRIPS put into the premium DAC design. Beefy dual O-Core Transformers for Digital and Analog sections, Ultra-Low ESR, Long Endurance Reservoir Capacitors, and multi-stages super linear power supply, ensuring ultra precision, low ripple power supply charging up DAC. MID-END DAC With its outstanding audio performance, precise decoding capabilities, and innovative power design, Pontus 15TH stands out in the high-end audio realm as a shining new star. It is not merely an audio device; it is an ultimate pursuit and tribute to the art of music. Specifications Enhanced, Fine-Tuned PSU Redesigned Power Supply Module with Dual O-Core Transformers 80VA x 2 High-biased constant current delivery to the Digital and Analog circuitry via Silver Cable Upgraded 12th Anniv. Firmware Technical Highlights Proprietary R2R + DSD Architecture True balanced 26BIT R2R + 6BIT DSD (32 steps FIR Filters) Low Thermal Effect, High Precision Hand-Matched 0.005% Resistors Encapsulated Premium Ultra Low Noise Power Supply LPNO Crystal 45.1548MHz, 49.152Mhz Adaptive FIFO Buffer Reclocking New Improved Digital Signal Processing FPGA Code DSD1024, PCM1536 Supports On USB & I²S Input Proprietary USB Audio Solution via STM32F446 Advanced AMR Based MCU Licensed Thesycon USB Driver For Windows Platform Driverless On Mac & Linux Dual AES/EBU Input Supports Sharp/Slow Filters Option I²S Pinout Configuration I²S DSD Channel Swap Configuration DSD DSD64 (DoP) on Coax/AES/Opt Input DSD1024* On USB & I²S Input Only PCM 24bits / 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192KHz On All Input 1536kHz* On USB & I²S Input Sampling Mode: Non-Oversampling NOS / Oversampling OS Digital Input Coax 1 via RCA Coax 2 via BNC 75 Ω OPT x 1 AES/EBU x 2 USB2.0 Type B I²S via HDMI LVDS Analogue Output RCA at 2.0Vrms, 625 Ω XLR at 4.0Vrms, 1250 Ω Frequency Response: 20-70KHz -3dB THD+N: 0.002% S/N Ratio : 120dB Dynamic Range: >121dB Stereo Crosstalk: -110dB AC Power Requirement: 100-240VAC, 50/60Hz (Worldwide Voltage) Power Consumption: ≤20W Dimension : W320 x D330 x H110 mm (Including feet) Package Dim : 550 x 460 x 200 mm – 13kg Package Content: DAC only. No power cord & remote control. Weight : 12.5 Kg Color : Silver / Black
