For Sale Gieseler Audio KOMPACT NOS R2R Dac - AD1862 Digital Analog Converter (DAC)

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Purchased to go into a second system that never eventuated, this dac has been sitting in its box for almost 2 years, we have run it in to have a listen and its performance is amazing for the price, you need to spend a LOT more to better this dac. Listed as Mint only as its been taken out to run in and evaluate.

Only a limited number of these were made. The AD1862 is considered one of the best R2R DAC chips of all time & rated up there with the Burr Brown PCM1704. The KOMPACT is Non Oversampling configuration ladder dac, it has a really big solid bottom end & that is probably due to the lovely LME49990 op amp output stage.

The other bonus with active output stages is that both RCA & XLR outputs can be used simultaneously with no sound deterioration. As usual all the capacitors in the power supplies & decoupling are top notch audio grade, Nichicon Muse & KA series. Output level is 2v RCA & 4v XLR both RMS. Sample rates: 20bit 192K USB & Coax – 96K optical.

Designed & manufactured in Australia by Gieseler Audio, a bargain dac, hi-end sound at sane pricing. It is as new in its box, untouched paperwork, mint 12v power supply.

Build date Dec 2021, its a 2022 model with less than 100 hours run in.