{"id":133980,"date":"2024-01-30T08:44:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T08:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=133980"},"modified":"2024-03-05T04:19:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T04:19:35","slug":"violectric-chronos-mobile-dac-headphone-amplifier-200ma-32bit-and-384khz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/violectric-chronos-mobile-dac-headphone-amplifier-200ma-32bit-and-384khz\/","title":{"rendered":"Violectric Chronos Mobile DAC \/ Headphone Amplifier: 200mA, 32bit and 384kHz"},"content":{"rendered":"

The German company Lake People electronic GmbH has\u00a0unveiled\u00a0Chronos, a DAC amplifier for smartphones, which will be released under the Violectric brand.\u00a0It is a piece measuring only 44.5 x 24 x 10 mm.<\/p>\n

The aluminum body, milled from a monolithic billet, is complemented by glass front and back panels.\u00a0The front also serves as a display.\u00a0The background for signal information indicates PCM or DSD operation – green or blue, respectively.\u00a0On the side are a pair of volume buttons.<\/p>\n

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The new product receives the signal and power (only 220 mA) via USB-C, and the kit contains all the necessary adapters – USB (Micro and Type-C) and Apple Lightning for operation from a computer (no drivers are needed) or a smartphone.\u00a0On the opposite end there is a 3.5 mm headphone jack.<\/p>\n

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The built-in Violectric Chronos DAC handles digital signal resolutions up to PCM 32 bit \/ 384 kHz and DSD up to DSD256.\u00a0Add to this the manufacturer’s promised dynamic range of 130 dB and compatibility with headphones with impedance from 32 to 600 ohms.\u00a0In this case, the power changes from 30 to 5 mW in the channel.<\/p>\n

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The Chronos is slated to go on sale at the end of July 2021.\u00a0The recommended retail price of the ampflifier in Europe is 200 euros.<\/p>\n

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The German company Lake People electronic GmbH has\u00a0unveiled\u00a0Chronos, a DAC amplifier for smartphones, which will be released under the Violectric brand.\u00a0It is a piece measuring only 44.5 x 24 x 10 mm. The aluminum body, milled from a monolithic billet, is complemented by glass front and back panels.\u00a0The front also serves as a display.\u00a0The background […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":134019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-133980","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133980","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\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}