Responding to popular demand, Mola Mola launched the famous discrete DAC from the Makua as a separate unit.
Mola Mola's Tambaqui DAC is the perfect upgrade for owners of complete high-end systems who want to retain the characteristic sound of their existing preamplifier whilst elevating their digital sources to a new level. The converter is a two-board stack. On the first board, all incoming digital audio is upsampled to 3.125MHz/32 bits and converted to noise-shaped PWM. On the other board are two mono DACs: a discrete 32-stage FIR DAC and a single-stage 4th-order I/V converter with 4th-order filtering, which converts the PWM into analogue with a breathtaking 130dB SNR. This is near the theoretical limit for 24-bit files and far beyond that of even quad-speed DSD. Uniquely, distortion remains below the noise floor even for full-scale signals.
With the addition of a lossless digital volume control and headphone outputs, it is also the ideal control hub for a minimalist audio system for music lovers who have moved on to a digital sources-only system. This DAC, combined with a pair of Mola Mola Kaluga monoblocks, constitutes the finest digital replay chain available, irrespective of price.
PWM DAC with 32-stage discrete analogue FIR output stage. Avoids 'sigma delta' tones and 'R2R' glitch and low-level linearity errors.Asynchronous upsampling to 3.125MHz/32 bit. 7th-order noise shaper clearing 80kHz band. Each input rate has an optimized upsampling filter chain.
Processing balance and input gain offsetSelectable output levelsPhase invert
200mm (W) x 110mm (H) x 320mm (D)5.2kg
Link to the Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC Manual
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