{"id":132171,"date":"2021-06-09T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T08:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=132171"},"modified":"2021-06-09T10:31:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T09:31:43","slug":"audirect-beam-3-plus-portable-usb-and-bluetooth-dac-that-supports-mqa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/audirect-beam-3-plus-portable-usb-and-bluetooth-dac-that-supports-mqa\/","title":{"rendered":"Audirect Beam 3 Plus: Portable USB and Bluetooth DAC that supports MQA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the success of the\u00a0Beam 2\u00a0series of portable USB DAC \/ headphone amplifiers\u00a0,\u00a0Audirect has\u00a0announced the latest\u00a0Beam 3 Plus\u00a0.\u00a0The novelty is equipped with a high-tech\u00a0Bluetooth Qualcomm CSR8675 chip\u00a0, which provides a seamless wireless connection with support for modern\u00a0LDAC, aptX HD, aptX, SBC and AAC\u00a0codecs\u00a0.<\/p>\n

With a wired\u00a0USB connection, the Audirect Beam 3 Plus\u00a0is capable of decoding\u00a0PCM\u00a0digital streams\u00a0up to 32-bit \/ 768 kHz, as well as\u00a0DSD\u00a0up to\u00a0DSD512\u00a0.<\/p>\n

\"Audirect<\/p>\n

In addition to\u00a0high definition\u00a0PCM\u00a0and\u00a0DSD\u00a0decoding,\u00a0Audirect Beam 3 Plus\u00a0supports\u00a0MQA\u00a0decoding\u00a0.\u00a0MQA (Master Quality Authenticated)\u00a0is an advanced technology that packs high-resolution music files into smaller files for easy storage and streaming.\u00a0MQA-\u00a0certified\u00a0devices\u00a0decompress such files during playback for high quality sound.<\/p>\n

\"Audirect<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Audirect Beam 3 Plus\u00a0has both a 4.4 mm balanced and 3.5 mm unbalanced output\u00a0for connecting headphones\u00a0.\u00a0The gadget is equipped with a three-level gain switch that allows you to adapt the Audirect Beam 3 Plus for optimal performance with headphones of different impedances.<\/p>\n

\"Audirect<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Audirect Beam 3 Plus\u00a0Portable DAC \/ Headphone\u00a0Amplifier\u00a0is available to order for $\u00a0189.99\u00a0.<\/p>\n

\"Audirect<\/p>\n

Key features of the Audirect Beam 3 Plus Portable DAC \/ Headphone Amplifier:<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bluetooth Chip:\u00a0CSR8675 from Qualcomm.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Amplification:\u00a0Dual OP AMP Chips.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0DAC Chip:\u00a0ES9281AC Saber from ESS Technologies.<\/p>\n

– Support for MQA decoding.<\/p>\n

– High resolution audio decoding.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Two headphone outputs:\u00a0unbalanced 3.5 mm + balanced 4.4 mm.<\/p>\n

– Easily switch between USB and Bluetooth modes.<\/p>\n

– Three-level gain mode.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SOI:\u00a00.0003%.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0USB input type:\u00a0USB Type-C.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Range of reproducible frequencies:\u00a020 Hz – 40 kHz.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Signal to noise ratio:\u00a0– 118 dB.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Balanced\u00a0output 4.4 mm parameters:\u00a0\u2265110 mW (16 ohms), \u2265230 mW (32 ohms), \u226527.78 mW (600 ohms).<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Single\u00a0ended 3.5 mm output parameters:\u00a0\u2265141 mW (16 ohms), \u2265122 mW (32 ohms), \u22657 mW (600 ohms).<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Weight:\u00a069 g.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Dimensions:\u00a075 x 39 x 12 mm.<\/p>\n

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Following the success of the\u00a0Beam 2\u00a0series of portable USB DAC \/ headphone amplifiers\u00a0,\u00a0Audirect has\u00a0announced the latest\u00a0Beam 3 Plus\u00a0.\u00a0The novelty is equipped with a high-tech\u00a0Bluetooth Qualcomm CSR8675 chip\u00a0, which provides a seamless wireless connection with support for modern\u00a0LDAC, aptX HD, aptX, SBC and AAC\u00a0codecs\u00a0. With a wired\u00a0USB connection, the Audirect Beam 3 Plus\u00a0is capable of decoding\u00a0PCM\u00a0digital […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":132172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-132171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}