Mercenary Audio - Prism Dream DA-2 Two Channel DA Converter

Prism converters have long been the choice for many high end recording and mastering studios. Although competition in the converter market continues to become tighter as the years goes by few have been able to keep pace with their customers the way Prism has, which is one of the reasons you find their converters on our site. The Dream Series converters are an elegant, musical interpretation of what a converter needs to be and how it should function. The Dream ADA-8 converters are available with a number of options, including connections for ProTools MIX and HD. If you are looking for a custom configured unit, just drop us an email and let us know what you're looking for.

Prism Dream DA-2 features

The Prism DA-2, 96kHz, 24-bit D/A converter provides ultimate quality monitoring of digital audio signals. Its exceptional linearity and rock steady clock generation and recovery ensure the highest conversion precision available for recording and mastering applications.

The DA-2 combines truly stateof theart audio performance with the advanced features needed by the professional to provide the most revealing, most transparent and most flexible digital to analog conversion unit available.

Of particular importance is the ability of the DA-2 to avoid the unpleasant effects of jitter: The exceptionally stable PLL has high jitter attenuation, and the DA-2's digital outputs can provide a de-jittered digital feed through for reliable digital transfers. The DA-2 also has a unique 'master clock' mode in which the effects of incoming clock jitter are eliminated completely.

The DA-2 will interface easily with other digital audio equipment; it features both high speed and two-wire interfacing options at input and output for 88.2kHz and 96kHz rates.

The DA-2 analogue output offers simplicity and high performance with its fully floating, electronically balanced format with precision attenuators offering an operating range that covers both professional and consumer voltage levels.

SPECIFICATIONS

(Tests performed to AES17-1991 (ANSI S4.51-1991) with DA-2 analogue output line-up set for 0dBFS= 18dBu, Fs=44.1kHz except where otherwise specified)

Analog and conversion:

Dynamic range: >115dB rms A-weighted, >112dB unweighted or CCIR-RMS

THD+N at 997 Hz, 0dBFS: <-104dB(<0.0006%)

Frequency response: 1Hz-20kHz, ą0.1dB

Inter-channel phase deviation: < 1degree from 1Hz to 20kHz

Idle channel noise: <-115dBFS rms

Spuriae from small signal inputs: <-144dBFS

Jitter rejection: Corner frequency <40Hz, rejection at 500Hz >60dB

Outputs: Fully-floating, balanced, transformerless

Line-up for full scale input: +5dBu - +28dBu (ą0.1dB) in 0.05dB steps

Digital inputs:

XLR (3 ports) Professional, AES3 (110ohm balanced)

TOSLink (1 port) Optical Consumer, CP340

BNC (2 ports) Professional, AES3-ID or Consumer, S/PDIF, IEC958 (75ohm coaxial)

RCA/phono (1 port) Consumer, S/PDIF,IEC958 (75ohm coaxial)

DSD inputs available as upgrade option

Any word-length up to 24-bits

Digital outputs:

XLR (2 ports) Professional, AES3 (110ohm balanced)

TOSLink (1 port) Optical Consumer, CP340

BNC (1 port, option) SDIF-2 (L,R + WCK)

RCA/phono (1 port, option) Consumer, SPDIF/IEC958 (75ohm coaxial) (SDIF-2 coaxial Input option card is available)

Physical:

19 inch (483mm) width (rack mountable)

1U (44mm) high

10.25 inches (260mm) deep

8.8lb (4Kg)

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