Denafrips Pontus II 12th DAC

Pontus II 12TH Anniversary Edition

• True NOS R-2R DAC
• Enhanced & fine tuned Power Supply
• Gold-plated screws & conductors for power transfer from PSU to the DAC module
• Upgraded 12th Anniv. Firmware

The PONTUS II 12th is a true balanced, dual mono R-2R Ladder Network Arrays DAC. Each channel is equipped with independent high-speed FPGA to facilitate the digital signal decoding by means of 4 sets of 0.01% R-2R network. The choice of such design yield very small linearity error, high decoding speed, low digital noise, not only to ensure that the audio signal is of very low distortion, but also to ensure a very low background music noise; allow listener to enjoy the true music with dark background. 

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All digital input are FIFO buffered and reclocked by the on board FEMTO crystal oscillators. The excellent rejection of word-clock jitter makes DENAFRIPS DAC less reliance to the source equipment clock quality. PONTUS can transform your consumer grade computer, CDPlayer to high-end sound quality.

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Non-Oversampling R-2R DAC /Signal fed to the DAC remain in its native sampling rate without additional processing. Pontus II 12th is a true NOS DAC. 

Specifications

• Proprietary R2R + DSD Architecture
• True balanced 24BIT R2R + 6BIT DSD (32 steps FIR Filters)
• Low Thermal Effect, High Precision Hand-Matched 0.01% Resistors      
• FEMTO Crystal 45.1548MHz, 49.152Mhz     
• Encapsulated Ultra Low Noise Power Supply
• Adaptive FIFO Buffer Reclocking
• New Improved DSP 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
• TOSLink x 1
• AES/EBU x 2
• USB2.0 Type B
• I²S via HDMI LVDS 

Analog Output          

• RCA at 2.0Vrms, 625 Ω
• XLR at 4.0Vrms, 1250 Ω

Frequency Response: 20-70KHz -3dB

THD+N: 0.0025%

S/N Ratio: 120dB

Dynamic Range: >121dB

Stereo Crosstalk: -110dB

AC Power Requirement: 100-240VAC, 50/60Hz (Worldwide Voltage)

Power Consumption: ≤20W

Dimension: 320 x 330 x 110 mm (Including feet)

Package Dim: 470 x 440 x 175 mm

Package Content: DAC only. No power cord & remote control.