{"id":167652,"date":"2023-08-18T15:48:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T14:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=167652"},"modified":"2023-08-18T15:48:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T14:48:57","slug":"smsl-do400-fully-balanced-dac-and-headphone-amplifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/smsl-do400-fully-balanced-dac-and-headphone-amplifier\/","title":{"rendered":"SMSL DO400: Fully Balanced DAC and Headphone Amplifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SMSL has released the\u00a0DO400 desktop digital-to\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0analog converter and headphone amplifier\u00a0based on\u00a0ESS Saber&#8217;s\u00a0top-of-the-line solution .<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/115_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The model uses the flagship\u00a0ES9039MSPRO chip, as well as the\u00a0XMOS XU-316\u00a0USB processor\u00a0, capable of processing and decoding\u00a0PCM 32-bit \/ 768 kHz\u00a0signals and native\u00a0DSD512\u00a0stream , as well as\u00a0MQA\u00a0files .\u00a0To connect digital signal sources, a full set of connectors is provided, including USB, HDMI I2S, optical and coaxial inputs, as well as AES \/ EBU.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/116_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Headphones can be connected to 4.4mm, 6.35mm and 4-pin XLR jacks.\u00a0The maximum output power of\u00a06 watts\u00a0will allow the amplifier to cope with any load.\u00a0The built-in Bluetooth 5.1 adapter supports\u00a0LDAC, aptX HD, SBC\u00a0and\u00a0AAC\u00a0codecs .\u00a0The model is equipped with a small remote control, device dimensions &#8211;\u00a0245 x 186 x 42 mm\u00a0, weight &#8211;\u00a01.45 kg\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/117_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The SMSL DO400\u00a0DAC and Headphone Amplifier\u00a0is available in two colors and is available online for a retail price of\u00a0$499.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMSL has released the\u00a0DO400 desktop digital-to\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0analog converter and headphone amplifier\u00a0based on\u00a0ESS Saber&#8217;s\u00a0top-of-the-line solution . The model uses the flagship\u00a0ES9039MSPRO chip, as well as the\u00a0XMOS XU-316\u00a0USB processor\u00a0, capable of processing and decoding\u00a0PCM 32-bit \/ 768 kHz\u00a0signals and native\u00a0DSD512\u00a0stream , as well as\u00a0MQA\u00a0files .\u00a0To connect digital signal sources, a full set of connectors is provided, including USB, [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/smsl-do400-fully-balanced-dac-and-headphone-amplifier\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":167657,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-167652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hi-fi","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167652","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=167652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}