{"id":147432,"date":"2022-08-06T05:31:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T04:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=147432"},"modified":"2022-08-06T05:31:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T04:31:21","slug":"musical-fidelity-releases-flagship-m6x-dac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/musical-fidelity-releases-flagship-m6x-dac\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical Fidelity releases flagship M6x DAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Musical Fidelity M6x DAC makes digital files more musical,&#8221; says the manufacturer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe M6x DAC is our most advanced, flagship DAC ever made to satisfy the discerning customer,\u201d said Musical Fidelity, which launched its first DAC nearly 40 years ago.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/91_techweek.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/91_techweek.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/94_techweek.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/95_techweek.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"388\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The press release says that the novelty has received professional-grade connectors with an EMI filter and DC blocking &#8211; they eliminate interference and noise from the transformer.\u00a0The built-in headphone amplifier provides wide bandwidth, extremely low noise and wide dynamic range.\u00a0The rugged housing is characterized by uncompromising rigidity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8542 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/92_techweek.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/92_techweek.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/96_techweek.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/97_techweek.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"675\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Musical Fidelity M6x DAC is based on the ES9038Q2M dual differential chipset.\u00a0It was able to achieve a total correlated jitter of &lt;12 picoseconds peak-to-peak, with &#8220;zero&#8221; linearity ranging from 4dB to -130dB, and channel separation better than 130dB at 10kHz at 0dBFS.\u00a0Accordingly, the signal-to-noise ratio is &gt; 120 dB &#8220;A&#8221; &#8211; 1 kHz average at 0dBFS, and the amount of total harmonic distortion is &lt; 0.0005% at 1 kHz @ 0dBFS.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/93_techweek.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/93_techweek.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/98_techweek.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/99_techweek.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"466\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Connectivity \u2013 1x coaxial, 2x optical, 1x AES\/EBU with stereo PCM + MQA support, and 1x USB Audio Class 2.0, plus &#8220;USB B&#8221; operating up to 32bit 768kHz (stereo PCM + MQA) or DSD 256 (stereo DoP) ) and DSD512 (native).\u00a0Analog outputs &#8211; 1 pair of RCA line connectors and 1 pair of fixed\/variable level XLR connectors.\u00a0The on-board headphone amplifier at 1.5 watts per channel (into 32 ohms) provides &lt; 0.005% THD at 1 kHz at 0 dBFS.<\/p>\n<p>The DAC is available in two body colors &#8211; black and silver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Musical Fidelity M6x DAC makes digital files more musical,&#8221; says the manufacturer. \u201cThe M6x DAC is our most advanced, flagship DAC ever made to satisfy the discerning customer,\u201d said Musical Fidelity, which launched its first DAC nearly 40 years ago. 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