The new M1 DAC is the fruit of our 23 years experience of making top performance DACs. It has four digital inputs; coax, optical, balanced and USB. The M1 DAC will lock on to any S/P diff signal at; 32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88kHz, 96kHz and 192kHz. The input sampling frequency is displayed on the front panel. The M1 DAC upsamples to 24-bit at 192kHz. This is genuine true upsampling.
The M1's technical performance is, pretty well, as good as any at any price. We know this sounds like an incredible claim but it's true. Musical Fidelity's state-of-the-art circuit design and pcb layout with the use of top quality digital components gives state-of-the-art performance. There's no secret or mystery about this. We use top quality digital components in carefully designed circuit configurations which are subtly implemented on brilliant pcb layouts. Unsurprisingly the result is state-of-the-art performance. It's just that the price is competitive so many people find it hard to believe.
The M1 DAC has vanishingly low distortion, typically less than 0.005% across the band. Frequency response is ruler flat. Jitter is extremely low. The noise ratio is outstanding, one of the quietest DACs in the world regardless of price. Looking at the M1 DAC's total measurements and comparing them to any DAC up to ten times its price you will see that, on balance, the M1 DAC is equal to or better than any. The M1 DAC has a high quality power supply. Interestingly it has choke filtration on the mains input. This, effectively, is a mains signal conditioner which increases the performance and value of the M1 to even greater heights.
SPECIFICATIONS
Output
- Output impedance: 47 ohms
- Output, digital 0dB level: RCA output - 2.2V r.m.s. nominal (RCA) 4.4V (XLR)
- DAC circuit: 24 bit Delta-Sigma (bit stream) dual differential 8x over-sampling to 192kHz
- Total correlated jitter:Linearity:Frequency response: 10Hz to 20 kHz -0.1dB max.
- Channel separation: >105dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz
- Signal to noise: >119dB “A”- wtd.
- Total harmonic distortion:
Connections
- Line level outputs: 1 pair line level RCA (phono), left and right,
- 1 pair line level XLR (balanced), left and right
Digital inputs
- 1 XLR AES balanced digital input,
- 1 RCA coaxial connector SPDIF 32-192 kbps (16-24 bit stereo PCM),
- 1 TOSLINK optical connector 32-96 kbps (16-24 bit stereo PCM),
- 1 USB type ‘B’ connector for computer/PDA 32-48 kbps
Power requirement
- Mains voltages: 115/230VAC 50/60Hz (factory pre-set) 100VAC 50/60Hz (alternative)
- Consumption: 10 Watts maximum
Weight
- Unit only, unboxed: 3.4 kg (7½ lbs) In shipping carton & inc. accessories 4.1 kg (9 lbs)
Dimensions
- Wide: 220 mm (8⅔”)
- High, including feet: 100 mm (4”)
- Deep (front to back) including terminals: 300 mm (12”)
Standard accessories
- IEC type mains lead (10-Amp type)
