Accuphase DC-1000 Precision MDSD Digital Processor

Built for Accuphase's 50th anniversary, the DC-1000 is a flagship DAC aimed at getting the absolute most out of digital source material.

It's built around an ES9038 PRO converter chip driven across 8 parallel channels for roughly three times the resolving power of a single-channel design, with the low-noise techniques Accuphase developed for its amplifiers carried over into the digital domain. A generous set of digital inputs, including USB, HS-LINK, dual optical, triple coaxial, and balanced, means it can sit at the center of almost any digital source setup.

• MDSD / MDS++ D/A converter driving 8 parallel channels using ANCC
• Dual Direct Balanced Filter with completely separate line and balanced signals
• Separate toroidal transformers for analog and digital circuits
• Separate low noise power supply circuits for analog and digital circuits
• Display with sampling frequency and number of quantization bits
• Output level adjustments that can control different outputs from other players
• Digital interface for Accuphase Voicing Equalizer
• Abundant digital inputs like USBs, etc. to connect with computers (HS-LINK, USB, OPTICAL × 2, COAXIAL × 3, BALANCED)
• Digital outputs that can be used in digital recording (OPTICAL, COAXIAL)
• 2 (BALANCED, LINE) analog outputs
• Phase selector that can invert the balanced output
• Active filter amplifiers use glass cloth fluorocarbon resin substrate with low dielectric constant and minimum loss
• Natural grain wood case with a mirror finish crafted by artisans using carefully selected virgin wood
• 8 mm thick machined aluminum bottom plate
• Advanced high-carbon cast iron insulators
• High quality audio cable ASL-10B