The Little Dot DAC_I is an exceptionally versatile, reference-quality external DAC unit with both single-ended and balanced outputs!  Four inputs (Coaxial, BNC, Optical, and USB) allows the Little Dot DAC_I to be used with digital source like a CD Transport or a computer as a standard USB audio device.  User functionality customizations include setting the bit-rate, maximum sampling frequency, and how the DAC's digital filter operate (sharp or gentle).  At the heart of the Little Dot DAC_I are the Wolfson Micro's high quality 24-bit 192Khz WM8740 DAC chip, WM8805 ultra-low jitter (50ps) digital transceiver chip, and the ultra-low distortion LM4562/LME49720/LME4910. 

The internal components have been carefully chosen for their quality and precision - tight tolerance resistors, WIMA coupling caps, ELNA and NISSEI filter caps, Toshiba optical and Neutrik XLR connectors.

Precise with flat frequency response, the Little Dot DAC_I delivers incredible fidelity without a hint of "digital harshness" for an extremely natural listen.  There are no extraneous features (built-in headphone amp, etc) that allow the design and implementation to stray from its focus on reference quality DA conversion.  Such features add to the cost and while may be useful in their own place, do not provide any additional benefit to digital to analog conversion quality.  The various settings available are not design additions, but merely access to functionality already provided by the Wolfson WM8740 chip.  

Little Dot DAC_I Technical Specifications:

• Metric: 275mm (length) by 217mm (width) by 61mm (height)
• English: 14.37 inches (length) by 8.54 inches (width) by 2.4 inches (height)
• Weight:
  
• Gross: 2.8 KG
• Net: 2.0 KG
• 1 Year Little Dot Warranty

• S/PDIF Digital Inputs:
• BNC
• RCA (Coaxial)
• Toslink (Optical)
• USB (Standard USB audio device: 24/96)
• Output Sampling Rates: 44.1 KHz, 96 KHz, or 192 KHz
• Output Voltage:
• RCA non-balanced output: 2V (RMS) per channel
• XLR balanced output: 2 x 2V (RMS) per channel
• Power Consumption: 10 VA
  
• Fuse Rating: 1A
• Measurements: