{"id":170920,"date":"2023-10-09T07:56:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T06:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=170920"},"modified":"2023-10-18T05:54:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T04:54:24","slug":"smsl-d-6s-compact-desktop-dac-with-bluetooth-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/smsl-d-6s-compact-desktop-dac-with-bluetooth-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"SMSL D-6S: Compact Desktop DAC with Bluetooth launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SMSL\u00a0has started selling an inexpensive digital-to-analog converter\u00a0D-6S\u00a0, built on a new generation\u00a0ES9039Q2M\u00a0chip\u00a0from\u00a0Saber Technologies\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/63_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The model is capable of working with 32-bit\/768 kHz\u00a0PCM stream\u00a0and native\u00a0DSD512\u00a0signal , as well as decoding\u00a0MQA\u00a0and\u00a0MQA-CD\u00a0files .\u00a0The output stage is implemented using four high-quality operational amplifiers\u00a0OPA1612\u00a0, the output terminals are represented by one pair of RCA and one pair of XLR.\u00a0Connection to digital signal sources is possible via optical and coaxial inputs, as well as a\u00a0USB-C\u00a0port .<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/98_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The XMOS XU316\u00a0processor is responsible for signal processing\u00a0.\u00a0The front panel has a small display and a rotary switch and level control, and a full-featured remote control is also included.\u00a0The built-in Bluetooth adapter version 5.1 supports\u00a0LDAC, aptX HD, aptX, SBC, AAC\u00a0codecs .\u00a0The device weighs only\u00a0590 grams\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/99_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The SMSL D-6S\u00a0digital-to-analog converter\u00a0is now available to order with a retail price starting at\u00a0$200<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMSL\u00a0has started selling an inexpensive digital-to-analog converter\u00a0D-6S\u00a0, built on a new generation\u00a0ES9039Q2M\u00a0chip\u00a0from\u00a0Saber Technologies\u00a0. The model is capable of working with 32-bit\/768 kHz\u00a0PCM stream\u00a0and native\u00a0DSD512\u00a0signal , as well as decoding\u00a0MQA\u00a0and\u00a0MQA-CD\u00a0files .\u00a0The output stage is implemented using four high-quality operational amplifiers\u00a0OPA1612\u00a0, the output terminals are represented by one pair of RCA and one pair of XLR.\u00a0Connection to [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/smsl-d-6s-compact-desktop-dac-with-bluetooth-launched\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":170921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-170920","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\/170920","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=170920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}