Musical Fidelity M3x DAC Digital-to-Analog Converter - Black

High-End, Affordable 32bit/192kHz Upsampling DAC

The M3x DAC is Musical Fidelity's new entry in affordable high-end DACs. It offers truly outstanding performance and technical prowess, featuring careful PCB design in the Musical Fidelity tradition, a meticulous power supply layout, and excellent build quality.

The M3x DAC employs the PCM1795 upsampling DAC design along with the SRC4392, a high-end sample rate converter from Burr Brown, tasked to re-clock all PCM signals and convert them into 192 kHz. Upsampling done in this sophisticated and clean implementation allows the DAC 3x to reach the lowest distortion levels and maintain and elevate your digital music playback.

The PCM1795 DAC handles PCM rates of up to 32 bits and 192kHz and native and DoP DSD of up to DSD256. DSD files are not upsampled; they are played in their original format. The single ended RCA and balanced XLR analog outputs each have their own output buffer.

Both output stages deliver superior audio quality, exhibit very low noise, with a large output voltage swing and high current drive. The excellent gain bandwidth and very fast slew rate deliver exceptionally low distortion.

Super Silent Power Transformer

The M3x DAC displays Musical Fidelity's continued development of its Super Silent Power Transformers. Industrial grade power inputs with an EMI filter and DC blocker stop interference and eliminate transformer hum. The toroidal transformer with low core saturation is ideal for audio applications and is especially perfect for digital audio, due to its extremely low electromagnetic radiation.

Correct PCB Design and Layout

Compared to analog amplifiers, digital-to-analog converters, present their own design challenges. They work in different domains, have their own requirements and need to be trea-ted as such. Power requirements are unique, and solutions designed for amplifiers will not show similar results when paired with digital circuitry.

Musical Fidelity has always held circuit board design and layout up to the highest standards. The boards need to be custom-tailored to each application, measure well AND sound as envisioned. The result is to

Exceptional Build Quality

Inside and out, the build quality is exceptional. The mechanical construction is uncompromisingly rigid and solid in typical Musical Fidality tradition. The front panel is milled from an extruded aluminum profile. Together with the heavy steel case, this protects the internals against outer electromagnetic fields, and in the same way, the rest of your HiFi gear against electromagnetic fields generated by the M3x DAC.