32-bit/384 kHz D/A converter with a class A valve preamplifier and headphone amplifier.
DAC215: the design
The DAC215 uses the Sabre ES9018 in a quad mono configuration, with a discrete class A filter stage and output buffer. It plays native DSD64 and DSD128. With volume control and input selection it also works as a preamplifier: there are two RCA outputs, one fixed and one variable.
Copland is a Danish maker of hi-fi electronics, both valve and solid state, recognisable by the aluminium front panel with its large knobs.
Specifications
- Converter: Sabre ES9018, 32-bit/384 kHz, quad mono
- Digital inputs: asynchronous USB-B, 2 optical, 1 coaxial
- Analogue input: 1 RCA
- Outputs: 2 RCA, one fixed and one variable
- Headphones: class A valve amplifier
- DSD: native DSD64, DSD128
- Finishes: black, silver