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This Taurus balanced R2R DAC from Musician is a high-end DAC incorporating top-of-the-range components and delivering incredibly rich, clear sound reproduction.
The Taurus R2R balanced architecture is complemented by two independent FPGAs to control the decoding of each channel via its four R2R networks composed of Panasonic resistors (0.005% accuracy). This prevents linear errors while maintaining high decoding speed and extremely low digital noise. The Taurus DAC's circuitry is completed by an Altera main FPGA control chip, two 49.152MHz and 45.1584MHz thermostatic crystal oscillators, and an ARM STM32F446 CPU chip linked to a proprietary USB interface solution. This combination enables the Taurus DAC to accept high-resolution PCM 24bit 1536kHz and native DSD streams up to DSD1024.
The Taurus DAC uses digital filter technology operating in Over Sampling 16x mode. Each filter level has a 32-bit input resolution, enabling a considerable increase in dynamic range and a natural, delicate sound reproduction.
The combination of components selected by Musician for its R2R Taurus DAC delivers exceptional performance.
Each channel is equipped with two Panasonic resistor networks, each with a dedicated FPGA. This ensures very low levels of noise and distortion.
Thermostatic crystal oscillators provide outstanding frequency stability for extremely low jitter decoding.
Altera's main FPGA chip is used to shorten the signal path and avoid any coloration that might interfere with high-purity sound reproduction.
Musician's proprietary USB interface is coupled with an STM32F446 driver chip to support very high-resolution streams.
The two clock outputs, 49.152MHz and 45.1584MHz respectively, can be used to synchronize a wide range of audio devices.
The power supply stage of this R2R DAC features a 250 W O-core transformer coupled with LT1763 and LT3045 voltage regulators for efficient filtering. This guarantees a low-noise, highly stable power supply.
The Musician Taurus has been designed to offer broad compatibility via its I2S input, thanks to phase adjustment accessible as follows:
1 | Source selection (-) |
2 | Phase selector |
3 | OS/NOS button |
4 | "Mode" button |
5 | Source selection (+) |
6 | ON/OFF button |
7 | Mute mode |
8 | XLR balanced output |
9 | Unbalanced RCA output |
10 | Clock outputs |
11 | SPDIF coaxial input |
12 | Toslink optical input |
13 | AES/EBU input |
14 | I2S inputs via HDMI |
15 | USB-B input |
16 | Power connector |
Technical characteristics
Specifications | |
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Product type | DAC R2R |
Inputs | 1x USB-B 2x I2S LVDS via HDMI 1x AES/EBU 1x Optical Toslink 1x Coaxial |
Outputs | 1x RCA stereo unbalanced 1x XLR stereo balanced |
USB interface | STM32F446 |
Supported sample rate | USB / I2S: PCM up to 32bit 1536kHz, DSD up to DSD1024, DSD DoP up to DSD64 Coaxial / Optical / AES: PCM up to 24bit 192kHz, DSD DoP up to DSD64 |
Output level | RCA: 2.5V XLR: 4.3V |
Sampling mode | NOS (Non OverSampling) OS (OverSampling) |
Distortion rate | < 0.0015% (20Hz-20kHz, 0dB) |
Frequency response | 20Hz-80kHz |
SNR | > 127dB |
Separation | > 132 |
Phase | 0.001 deg |
General | |
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Dimensions | 380 x 420 x 95mm |
Weight | 5.6kg |
Color | Silver |
Package | 1x DAC R2R Musician Taurus 1x Power cable |
Input | USB |
Input | Optical |
Input | AES/EBU |
Input | SPDIF |
Input | I2S via HDMI |
Output | RCA |
Output | XLR |
DAC / ADC Chip | R2R LADDER DAC |
Max sampling rate | DSD1024 |
Max sampling rate | 1536kHz |
Color | Silver |
Networking | No |
Remote Control | No |