SOLD Metrum Pavane Level 3 R2R NOS DAC 24/384 - immaculate, boxed

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I love this DAC - detailed yet organic, non-fatiguing, low noise/distortion, linear frequency response, excellent channel separation, etc. It's the only DAC I've found which when driven by my pimped Node 2i betters my dCS RingDAC-based CD player (and I'm still trying to work out why). Lots of positive reviews online. For sale only because I'm scheming again and may have lined up something even more special... if the cunning plan doesn't work out, this is a keeper.

RRP £5,295 though I see Elite have this up at £4,799. Seeking a fairly firm £3,100 but I can do some rounding for one of you lovely wammers. PM me if interested.

Location Leicestershire but that's irrelevant in lockdown ("but I'm collecting a fabulous DAC, officer" doesn't cut it).

It's the top of the range Pavane Level 3, with twice as many Transient chips as the Level 2 and capable of handling higher res (24/386) files:

"The parallel driven R2R ladder networks as used in the eight DAC modules performs , especially when combined with our FPGA-driven "forward correction module", on a higher level. This module splits up the audio samples for each channel into new separate data streams. Each DAC cluster processes a portion of the data in the most linear region of the DAC chips. The result of this process is an extremely high linearity, right down to -140 dB, which gives the Pavane a realistic 24-bit dynamic range. Due to the dual mono design over the entire frequency range an extremely high channel separation of 120 dB was achieved. This contributes to the flawless positioning of instruments."

Specs:

  • Type: Non oversampling DAC. Forward (FPGA) corrected, four DACs per channel in differential mode
  • Digital Inputs: One AES/EBU, two Coaxial (BNC, RCA), one Toslink, and one USB.
  • Analogue Outputs: One stereo single-ended (via RCA jacks), one balanced (via XLR connectors)
  • DAC Resolution/Supported Digital Formats: All PCM from 44.1kHz to 384kHz with word lengths up to 24-bit
  • Frequency Response: 1Hz - 20 kHz -2.5 dB, 44.1 kHz sampling. 1Hz - 65 kHz - 3dB, 192 and 384kHz (USB)
  • Distortion (THD): 0.01%
  • Output Voltage: RCA : 2 Volts RMS, XLR:  4 Volts RMS
  • User Interface: Metrum remote control for input selection
  • Dimensions (H×W×D): 85 × 440 × 320mm
  • Weight: 10kg

Complete with original packaging, Metrum USB stick, single button (input selection) remote control.

Apologies for photos, I will take some much better ones.

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As of July 2020, original founder Cees Ruijtenberg is back in charge of Metrum Acoustics. This remains their top of the line DAC.

 
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