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Denafrips

Denafrips - Pontus 15th

Desktop R-2R Digital to Analog Converter (DAC)
Sale price₹ 229,999
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Unparalleled Digital-To-Analog Conversion For Audiophiles - The Denafrips Pontus 15th

The Denafrips Pontus 15TH redefines audio quality, delivering an incredibly nuanced and layered sound experience. Signal fed to the DAC remain in its native sampling rate without additional processing. This DAC transcends traditional audio perceptions, providing music enthusiasts with an unmatched auditory experience through cutting-edge audio enhancement technologies.

Advanced R-2R Ladder Network Design For Coherent Audio

The Pontus 15TH features a genuine balanced R-2R ladder network array design, with each channel equipped with an independent high-speed CPLD. Utilising four sets of 0.005% R-2R networks, it ensures exceptionally low distortion and background noise, making every note resonate vividly. All digital inputs are FIFO buffered and reclocked by the on-board LPNO crystal oscillators, ensuring minimal reliance on the source equipment's clock quality and providing exceptional jitter suppression.

Innovative Power Supply And Design For Enhanced Performance

The innovative box-in-box design isolates the DAC motherboard from the linear power supply unit, preventing external interference and enhancing audio purity and stability. The dedicated linear power supply unit, encased in a 1.5mm thick metal alloy enclosure, features beefy dual O-Core transformers for digital and analog sections, ultra-low ESR capacitors, and a multi-stage super linear power supply, ensuring precise and low-ripple power supply.

Upgraded Components For Superior Sound Quality

The Pontus 15TH incorporates a low phase noise oscillator, a true balanced R-2R ladder network with hand-picked tight tolerance resistors, and optimised circuit systems. Additionally, it features major upgrades in capacitors, fine-tuned PSU components, and pure silver cables for power transfer. The Long endurance reservoir capacitors stabilise power delivery and the fine tuning of the PSU enhance the AC/DC rectifiers and DC regulators. This meticulous attention to detail transforms consumer-grade audio sources into high-end sound quality, making the Pontus 15TH a standout in the high-end audio market.

Advanced R-2R Ladder Network Design For Coherent Audio

The Pontus 15TH features a genuine balanced R-2R ladder network array design, with each channel equipped with an independent high-speed CPLD. Utilising four sets of 0.005% R-2R networks, it ensures exceptionally low distortion and background noise, making every note resonate vividly. All digital inputs are FIFO buffered and reclocked by the on-board LPNO crystal oscillators, ensuring minimal reliance on the source equipment's clock quality and providing exceptional jitter suppression.

Innovative Power Supply And Design For Enhanced Performance

The innovative box-in-box design isolates the DAC motherboard from the linear power supply unit, preventing external interference and enhancing audio purity and stability. The dedicated linear power supply unit, encased in a 1.5mm thick metal alloy enclosure, features beefy dual O-Core transformers for digital and analog sections, ultra-low ESR capacitors, and a multi-stage super linear power supply, ensuring precise and low-ripple power supply.

Upgraded Components For Superior Sound Quality

The Pontus 15TH incorporates a low phase noise oscillator, a true balanced R-2R ladder network with hand-picked tight tolerance resistors, and optimised circuit systems. Additionally, it features major upgrades in capacitors, fine-tuned PSU components, and pure silver cables for power transfer. The Long endurance reservoir capacitors stabilise power delivery and the fine tuning of the PSU enhance the AC/DC rectifiers and DC regulators. This meticulous attention to detail transforms consumer-grade audio sources into high-end sound quality, making the Pontus 15TH a standout in the high-end audio market.

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All You Need To Know About The Denafrips Pontus 15th

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
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 via STM32F446 Advanced AMR Based 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


1 Year Warranty

Don't sweat it, this Denafrips - Pontus 15th comes with a 1 Year warranty from Denafrips that covers manufacturing defects. All products featured on Headphone Zone are backed by an original manufacturer's warranty.

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Crafting Exquisite Soundscapes for Audiophiles

Denafrips incorporated in the year 2012, focuses on developing high-end audio equipment at a very affordable price. Through the years of intense Research & Development and continuous improvement, Denafrips has finally settled with their product range which is equipped with R-2R ladder DAC technology. The reason behind this direction is that the team at Denafrips strongly believe that the R-2R DAC technology is the best way to reproduce music.Among their line-up of high-quality equipment, Denafrips DACs have gained a massive following for their distinct sound and are adopted by many.

Fun fact:The name, Denafrips, stand for D-ynamic, E-xquisite, N-atural, A-ttractive, F-idelity, R-efined, I-ntoxicating, P-ure, S-ophisticated - This means a lot to the team, and it is the house sound of Denafrips products.

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Generic Name Digital Audio Converter
Importer Details Importers Name: Ferrari Video
Address: 63/18, 1st Main Road, Gandhi Nagar, Chennai - 600020
Contact No: 044-24420733
Net Quantity 1
Manufacturer Details Name: Vinshine Audio PTE. LTD.
Address: 33 Ubi Ave 3 Vertex, Tower A #07-62, Singapore 408868
Package Contents Denafrips Pontus 15th


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