Venus II R2R DAC

Technical Highlights

- Proprietary R2R + DSD Architecture
- True balanced 26BIT R2R + 6BIT DSD (32 steps FIR Filters)
- Native DSD decoding with 0.005% precision resistors
- Encapsulated Premium Ultra Low Noise Power Supply
- TCXO - Temperature-Compensated Crystal Oscillator
- 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 All 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
- USB
- I²S via HDMI LVDS

Analog Output
- RCA at 2.2Vrms, 625 Ω
- XLR at 4.4Vrms, 1250 Ω

Response: 20-70KHz -3dB
THD+N: 0.0020%
S/N Ratio: 120dB
Dynamic Range: >121dB
Stereo Crosstalk: -110dB


"This is the third Denafrips DAC I review. That’s driven by the remarkably good ‘price to sound quality’ ratio. This time even absurdly high sampling rates are supported, next to a lot of inputs. But the real reason to buy this DAC is the price/sound quality ratio." ​ - Hans Beekhuyzen (2020)
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