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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 lifting their digital sources to another 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, in which a discrete 32- stage FIR DAC and a single-stage 4th order filtering I/V converter, convert 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 of 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.
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Mola Mola-Tambaqui
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Responding to popular demand, Mola Mola launched the famous discrete DAC from the Makua as a separate unit.
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Description
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Key features
Digital that’s as good as analogue
Analogue that’s as good as digital
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Key features
| Operating Principle | 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. 7-th order noise shaper clearing 80kHz band. Each input rate has an optimized upsampling filter chain.I/OOptical (Toslink) S/PDIF (Cinch) AES/EBU (XLR) USB type B Ethernet (Roon Ready) Bluetooth (SBC, AAC, APTX, LDAC) IВІS over HDMI Balanced output (XLR) Headphone output (6.3mm Jack, Balanced XLR 4pin) 2 programmable trigger outputs (3.5mm Jack)Processing balance and input gain offset Selectable output levels Phase invert |
| Supported formats | PCM up to 384kHz/32 bits (>192kHz and >24 bits via USB and Roon only) DoP and Native DSD up to quad speed (USB and Roon only) |
| Performance | Full-Scale Output Level (XLR): 18dBu Full-Scale Output Level (headphone): 18dBu Signal to Noise Ratio: 130dB THD, IMD: not measurable (estimated -140dB) Bandwidth: Up to 80kHz (apodizing response) Integrated jitter: <1ps from 10Hz upwards, <300fs from 1kHz upwards Jitter rejection: >80dB at 1Hz after 20 seconds of loc |
| CONTROL | Front button source selection and volume setting 4 programmable presets (Premium) Remote Control Mola Mola Remote app |
| Dimensions and weight | 200mm (W) x 110mm (H) x 320mm (D) 5.2kg |
