DACS HEADMASTER II D-A Converter and Monitor Controller & Speaker Switching

DACS HEADMASTER II D-A Converter and Monitor Controller & Speaker Switching

The DACS Clarity HeadMaster II Reference monitor controller is designed for critical listening; it is a D-A converter, monitor controller and headphone amplifier. D-A conversion from Crookwood is partnered along with DACS' renowned clarity and detail in the analog domain, this creates a uniquely impressive, multi-purpose device.

Professionally designed ideal for recording, mastering and mixing engineers and producers, the Headmaster has been designed for critical listening from a variety of analog and digital sources.

The unit comes along with four inputs: AES/EBU, SP/DIF, balanced analog and unbalanced analog. The analog inputs use THAT InGenius balanced input ICs capable to provide 90dB CMRR, DC coupling and THD+N figures of around 0.0015% input to output. Inputs are being selected with the use of the stainless steel front panel switches along with LED indicators.

HeadMaster's outputs come including two headphone outputs (one on the front panel, and one on the rear) and two selectable monitor outputs. The headphone and monitor outputs have independent volume control and are fitted along with conductive plastic pots.

The rear panel is made featuring a fixed level balanced analog output from the D-A input, that comes with digital FSD set to provide and output of +18dBu. The headphone output is using a DACS' renowned Clarity headphone driver circuit. The balanced outputs are DACS' high performance driver circuits.

The Crookwood D-A is designed using a technique that is making it impervious to jitter on the incoming signal, and is providing an unobtrusive anti-aliasing filtering. The result is a clean accurate audio output, unaffected by jitter, or other digital anomalies. It simply does not get any better than this.