Border Patrol DAC (Pre-owned)

New from BorderPatrol Audio Electronics, the Zola DAC.

The Zola DAC features the Analog Devices AD1865 R-2R chip (often called the analogue chip) in non-oversampling, no digital filtering (NOS) mode.

The DAC features a tube output stage that uses a 5687 double triode. Tube types E182CC/7044/7119 can also be used, as can a 12BH7 with an adapter.

The DAC has fully independent power supplies to the digital and analogue sections. Both supplies feature tube rectification. The high voltage tube supply uses choke input filtering.

The casework, other than the aluminum faceplate, is made from copper.

It has inputs for USB, COAX S/PDIF and TOSLINK. A BNC S/PDIF input is also provided.

The DAC will replay files up to 32/384kHz via USB, 24/96kHz via COAX SPDIF/BNC and 24/96 via TOSLINK