{"id":149988,"date":"2022-10-19T13:28:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T12:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=149988"},"modified":"2022-10-19T13:28:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T12:28:01","slug":"earmen-releases-tradutto-balanced-ultra-hi-res-dac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/earmen-releases-tradutto-balanced-ultra-hi-res-dac\/","title":{"rendered":"EarMen Releases Tradutto Balanced Ultra Hi-Res DAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EarMen&#8217;s Tradutto DAC is a compact ES9038Q2M-based device with a serious set of features.<\/p>\n<p>According to EarMen, the ES9038Q2M chipset delivers outstanding sound quality.\u00a0The novelty processes digital audio files up to 32 bit \/ 768 kHz or DSD512.\u00a0The entire circuit is said to be optimized to consume less by improving power filtering.\u00a0Gold-plated PCB &#8211; Provides more than just good, clean, low-resistance contact.\u00a0The result is reduced interference from Wi-Fi, cellular, and Bluetooth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/148_techweek.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 927px) 100vw, 927px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/148_techweek.jpg 927w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/150_techweek.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/151_techweek.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"927\" height=\"522\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Integrated HD Bluetooth 5.1 (supporting AAC\/SBC\/aptX\/aptx LL\/aptx HD\/LDAC) is based on Qualcomm QCC5124 chipset.\u00a0The novelty supports MQA, on board &#8211; digital optical, digital coaxial and USB inputs.\u00a0MQA hardware decoding is provided by a 16-core XMOS chip (XU216).\u00a0It also provides twice the clock speed (2000MIPS), as well as support for the SuperSpeed \u200b\u200bUSB standard) and has four times the memory (512 KB).\u00a0At the same time, the Tradutto scheme is completely balanced.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8869 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/149_techweek.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/149_techweek.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/152_techweek.jpg 160w\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"599\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tradutto is assembled in a one-piece aluminum chassis, in which the printed circuit board is integrated &#8211; this provides greater protection for the board inside the case and additional insulation from external influences.\u00a0The digital and analog parts of the circuit are carefully separated at the power supply level.\u00a0The analog part used WIMA capacitors and audiophile electrolytes, combined with MELF low noise resistors and SoundPlus OPA1642 op amps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EarMen&#8217;s Tradutto DAC is a compact ES9038Q2M-based device with a serious set of features. According to EarMen, the ES9038Q2M chipset delivers outstanding sound quality.\u00a0The novelty processes digital audio files up to 32 bit \/ 768 kHz or DSD512.\u00a0The entire circuit is said to be optimized to consume less by improving power filtering.\u00a0Gold-plated PCB &#8211; Provides [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/earmen-releases-tradutto-balanced-ultra-hi-res-dac\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":149989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-149988","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":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149988","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=149988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}