ES9038Pro DAC & High-end components

The D1se uses an ESS ES9038Pro DAC chip for its conversion stage. This one offers incredible sound performances and excellent measurements, with notably a SNR of 140dB and a THD+N of -122dB. In addition, this 32bit 8-channel chip ensures a very low distortion of 0.00009% (-121dB) and supports high-resolution audio streams up to PCM 32bit 768kHz and DSD512.

All the circuits of the D1se also benefit from high-end components. We find an ES9311 chip in the power supply stage, allowing to provide the DAC with a low noise electrical signal. This power supply stage also embeds Nichicon KG filtering capacitors as well as a high quality Noratel toroidal transformer. An XMOS XU-216 32bit USB interface is also used to process USB streams quickly and efficiently.