Denafrips Pontus 15th DAC

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Description

Denafrips Pontus 15th –

A Digital-to-Analog Converter for Music Enthusiasts

Pontus 15TH has achieved an unprecedented breakthrough in audio quality. Employing advanced audio enhancement technologies, it delivers sound that is even more nuanced, profound, and layered. This is not merely a simple upgrade; it represents a profound challenge and transcendence of traditional audio perceptions, offering audio enthusiasts an unparalleled auditory feast.

This DAC boasts a genuine balanced R-2R ladder network array design, with each channel equipped with an independent high-speed CPLD. It decodes digital signals through four sets of 0.005% R-2R networks, ensuring extremely low distortion and background noise in the audio signals. Every note resonates vividly and fully, leaping into the listener’s ears.

Pontus 15TH’s power design also exemplifies remarkable ingenuity. The innovative box-in-box design perfectly isolates the DAC motherboard from the linear power supply unit, effectively preventing external interference from impacting audio quality. Meanwhile, the metal alloy casing enhances the purity and stability of the power supply.

Additionally,  all digital inputs undergo FIFO buffering and are re-clocked by an on-board CPLD crystal oscillator, providing exceptional jitter suppression capabilities. This minimizes the DAC’s reliance on the source device’s clock quality, further enhancing audio quality. Maintain the original sampling rate of audio signals to  the greatest extent.

All digital input are FIFO buffered and reclocked by the on board LPNO crystal oscillators. The excellent rejection of word-clock jitter makes DENAFRIPS DAC less reliance to the source equipment clock quality. PONTUS 15TH can transform your consumer grade computer, CDPlayer to high-end sound quality.

Non-Oversampling R-2R DAC /Signal fed to the DAC remain in its native sampling rate without additional processing. PONTUS 15TH is a true NOS DAC.

Clean power equates to the foundation of good sound. A dedicated linear power supply unit, designed and encased in a 1.5mm thick metal alloy enclosure, can be found underneath the DAC motherboard.

 The box-within-box design, not only does it eliminates the inherited problems of dual box solution, it presents the details and attentions DENAFRIPS put into the premium DAC design.

 Beefy dual O-Core Transformers for Digital and Analog sections, Ultra-Low ESR, Long Endurance Reservoir Capacitors, and multi-stages super linear power supply, ensuring ultra precision, low ripple power supply charging up DAC.

With its outstanding audio performance, precise decoding capabilities, and innovative power design, Pontus 15TH stands out in the high-end audio realm as a shining new star. It is not merely an audio device; it is an ultimate pursuit and tribute to the art of music.

Additional information

Weight 12.5 kg
Dimensions 32.0 × 33.0 × 11.0 cm
Color

Black, Silver

Specifications

Description Parameters
R-2R DAC Proprietary R2R + DSD Architecture
True balanced 26BIT R2R + 6BIT DSD (32 steps FIR Filters)
Low Thermal Effect, High Precision Hand-Matched 0.005% Resistors
Highlight Encapsulated Ultra Low Noise Power Supply
Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator TCXO
Adaptive FIFO Buffer and Reclocking
DSD1024, PCM1536 Supports On USB & I²S Input
Proprietary USB Audio Solution Based on the ARM® Cortex®-M4 STM32F446 MCU
Licensed Thesycon USB Driver For Windows Platform
Driverless On Mac & Linux
Dual AES/EBU Input Supports
Sharp/Slow Filters Option
I²S Pinout Configuration
I²S DSD Channel Swap Configuration
DSD DSD64 / 2.8224MHz (DoP) on Coax/AES/Opt Input
DSD1024 / 45.1584MHz * On USB & I²S Input Only
PCM 24bits / 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192KHz On All Input
1536kHz* On USB & I²S Input
NOTE* USB Firmware V3.4.1 – PCM1536 / DSD1024 supports disabled for compatibility with macOS
Digital Input Coax 1 via RCA
Coax 2 via BNC 75 Ω
TOSLink x 1
AES EBU x 2
USB2.0 Type B
I²S via HDMI LVDS
Analog Output RCA at 2.0Vrms, 625 Ω
XLR at 4.0Vrms, 1250 Ω
Sampling Mode Non-Oversampling NOS
Oversampling OS
AC Power Requirement 100-240VAC, 50/60Hz (Worldwide Voltage)
Power Consumption ≤20W
Frequency Response 20-70KHz -3dB
THD+N ≤0.0025%(A)
S/N Ratio ≥120dB(A)
Dynamic Range >121dB
Stereo Crosstalk ≥-110dB
Dimension 320 x 330 x 80 mm
Weight 13 Kg