{"id":163319,"date":"2023-06-13T18:54:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T17:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=163319"},"modified":"2023-06-13T18:54:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T17:54:27","slug":"aune-s9c-pro-external-dac-preamp-and-headphone-amplifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/aune-s9c-pro-external-dac-preamp-and-headphone-amplifier\/","title":{"rendered":"Aune S9c Pro: External DAC, Preamp and Headphone Amplifier"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aune\u00a0Audio\u00a0presented at the\u00a0High\u00a0<\/i>End\u00a0<\/i>Show\u00a0<\/i>2023<\/i> in Munich a reference Aune S9c Pro DAC , combined with a preamplifier and a headphone amplifier. The DAC has replaced the Aune S6 Pro model in the company’s nomenclature.<\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

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To connect digital sources, Aune S9c Pro is equipped with four inputs – optical and coaxial, USB-B and balanced AES \/ EBU. At the same time, the DAC is able to decode PCM digital streams with resolution up to 32 bit \/ 768 kHz and DSD up to DSD512. Also, the device can work with files in MQA format and is equipped with a Bluetooth adapter that supports LDAC and aptX HD codecs. For connection to an amplifier or active speakers, both balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA outputs are provided.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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To connect headphones on the front panel of Aune S9c Pro, there is both a 6.35 mm jack connector and a balanced XLR 4.4 mm output.\u00a0The headphone amplifier is built entirely in balanced circuitry and delivers up to 5W of output power on a balanced output.\u00a0The power supply contains a 50 VA power transformer and a capacitor bank with a total capacity of 23,900 microfarads.\u00a0There is also the possibility of connecting an external clock generator via a 10 MHz BNC input.<\/p>\n

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The Aune\u00a0S\u00a09\u00a0c\u00a0Pro external DAC is available in black and white. The DAC has already gone on sale in Europe for a suggested retail price of 749 euros\u00a0.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aune\u00a0Audio\u00a0presented at the\u00a0High\u00a0End\u00a0Show\u00a02023 in Munich a reference Aune S9c Pro DAC , combined with a preamplifier and a headphone amplifier. The DAC has replaced the Aune S6 Pro model in the company’s nomenclature. To connect digital sources, Aune S9c Pro is equipped with four inputs – optical and coaxial, USB-B and balanced AES \/ EBU. […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":163320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-163319","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\/163319","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=163319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}