Sugden Sapphire DAP-800 Digital Analogue Pre-Amplifier

Sapphire DAP-800 Digital Analogue Pre-Amplifier

 

Stunning Sound, Precision Performance

Sugden Audio is pleased to introduce the new Sapphire DAP-800 High End Digital Pre-Amplifier & DAC which will further enhance the Company's standing and reputation amongst discerning music lovers.

Sugden's main objective in developing the DAP-800 has been musical performance coupled to a practical user interface, pride of possession and product longevity.

The market trends for new and fashionable technologies have not been ignored and the DAP-800 has been developed to complement and present the user with the very best euphonic experience.

As with all Sugden Products they are designed and manufactured by Sugden in its West Yorkshire, England premises. The use of through hole as opposed to surface mount components, where possible, enhances product life, performance and reliability.

The DAP-800 is an Analogue pre-amplifier with a separate in built DAC facility.

WITH
Analog Inputs

One pair of Balanced Inputs
Four Pair of Phono/RCA Inputs
One Pair of By-Pass Inputs Phono/RCA

Digital Inputs

One x USB type B
Two x Toslink Optical S/PDIF
Three x Coaxial S/PDIF

Analog Outputs

One pair of XLR Balanced Outputs
One pair of Phono/RCA Tape outputs
Two pair of Phono/RCA outputs

The individual sections of the pre-amplifier i.e. Analogue and Digital are self contained stages having their own Power Supplies voltage regulation and circuit board assemblies

The analogue stage has a 50 watt toroidal transformer and the digital stage a 15 watt E core transformer. The digital facility power supplies are totally isolated from the analogue stage.

The Pre Amplifiers analogue stage incorporates a Sugden VCV circuit in its most developed advanced form. This circuit has a high impedance input section, current gain stage (without attenuation problems) which drives a folded cascode stage into a Class A output stage.

The folded cascode circuit facilitates a wide bandwidth with maximum dynamics and low capacitive connectivity.

The tonal balance is irrespective of the output level and the sense of headroom, imaging and soundstage is to be believed.

The DAC facility to interface with digital products includes inputs for USB, Optical and coaxial S/PDIF signals. The actual DAC is a non-oversampling, digital filtering- less, DAC where the digital interface transceiver is a Wolfson Micro electronics device. The DAC also includes Post Conversion Filtering in the analogue output stage.

The USB signal received is converted via a circuit including a Texas Instruments Universal IC whose SPDIF output signal is re-clocked and de jittered by the Wolfson interface transceiver.

This DAC configuration has been adopted for Sugdens Digital Processing after many many hours of actual auditioning of a wide sample of DSPs. The auditory perception/Musical performance in terms of dynamic balance, tonal balance, voice and emotion, are so much more satisfying and Sugden's preference.

 
Product Features & Specifications

Analogue inputs 
Four line level inputs, one balanced input & bypass

Digital inputs 
Three S/PDIF coax, two S/PDIF optical & one USB type B Word length up to 24bit 96k

Outputs 
Two line level outputs, one balanced output, & tape output

Volume control 
Motorised remote control (analogue) RC5 compatible

Mains power switching 
Separate for analogue and digital circuits

Input sensitivity 
120mV for 1 Volt out

Maximum output 
9 Volts

Frequency response 
0dB 15Hz - 98kHz. 3dB 8Hz - 125khz

Signal to noise 
>85dB. Distortion 

Nett Weight 
10 kgs

Dimensions (H x D x W)
120 x 430 x 340 mm 

 

 

*This information has been obtained from Manufacturers website. We advise that Features, Specifications & Price are subject change without notice.

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