Audio Note Fifth Element IZVOR
The Fifth Element IZVOR / Fifth Force DAC is without doubt or question, the finest
Digital to Analogue Converter we have ever produced.
No expense has been spared in the construction of the circuit or the components used, as one would expect for a full Audio Note (UK) Level 5 product.
The Fifth Element IZVOR / Fifth Force is one of the most unique digital products available today. It uses the most unusual and innovative digital circuit on the market, combined with some of the finest components, materials and power supplies possible.
Extensive research into the fundamental properties of the data stream itself have shown beyond doubt that, regardless of the theoretical advantages of the signal manipulation employed in our competitors products, such as higher oversampling, noise shaping, re-clocking or jitter reduction, these corrective measures greatly interfere with the critical time domain requirements of the signal.
Music is a time continuum from start to end which when broken is irreparably damaged, and no amount of clever manipulation can restore it to its original time / frequency / amplitude duration or relationship, regardless of what the theorists may tell you.
As a result, we have developed a way of excluding or bypassing all these corrective measures, to allow the conversion from digital to analogue to be done without any manipulation whatsoever. All we do is reformat the data stream to allow the converter chip to be able to interpolate the incoming information correctly.
In other words, the Fifth Element IZVOR / Fifth Force has no oversampling, no jitter reduction, no noise shaping and no re-clocking. Having removed all of the digital filtering that is required for oversampling, all filtering is done in the analogue domain where it is easier to retain good, wide band phase-frequency and dynamically coherent behaviour.
Specifications
| INPUT | RCA 75 Ohms SPDif |
|---|---|
| OUTPUT IMPEDANCE | <10 Ohms, Balanced or Single Ended |
| REFERENCE OUTPUT | 3.2V RMS |
| CHANNEL BALANCE | Less than 0.2dB |
| VALVE COMPLEMENT | Element / 1 x 6189 / 1 x 6463 / 1 x EF800 / 1 x 6X5 / Force / 1 x 6X5 / 1 x ECL82 / 1 x 5651 |
| UNIT WEIGHT | 20 kg – per chassis |
| UNIT DIMENSIONS | 160mm (h) x 445mm (w) x 428mm (d) – per chassis |
| DIGITAL SYSTEM | 18Bit IZVOR DAC module / 44.1 / 48 / 96KHz input capability. |
| NOTE | Due to Audio Note (UK)'s ongoing research and development program, specifications are subject to change without notice. |
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