Audeze Deckard

A true powerhouse, this headphone amplifier combined with a DAC, designed with the assistance of BMW Design works USA, can drive a headphone with power to spare. The DAC section offers impressive specifications and supports rates from 16 to 32 bit, 44.1 kHz up to 384 kHz. On the front, it features a volume control and gain and input selection, so the Deckard can also be used as a line preamplifier. The magnificent and highly dynamic sound quality superbly reproduces all the tonalities that make music come alive.

Line Output

• Symmetrical type in class A
• SNR: 106 dB, A-weighted
• Total harmonic distortion (THD) < 0.00045% at 20 kHz for 2V RMS
• Frequency response:
  • 5 Hz to 100 kHz, at –0.1 dB
  • 0.03 dB at 20 Hz / – 0.07 dB at 20 kHz

Headphone Output

• SNR: 106 dB, A-weighted
• Total harmonic distortion (THD)
  • < 0.1% from 20 Hz to 20 kHz, for 4 W and a 20 Ohm load
• Frequency response:
  • 5 Hz to 100 kHz, at –0.1 dB
  • – 0.03 dB at 20 Hz / – 0.07 dB at 20 kHz
• Headphone output impedance: 3 Ohms
• Output power: 4 W under 20 Ohm load

DAC

• 16 – 32 bit oversampling rate: 44.1 kHz; 48 kHz; 88.2 kHz; 96 kHz; 176.4 kHz; 192 kHz (and 352.8 kHz, exclusively on Mac)
• Supported systems: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1
  • Using a USB driver requires a native support installation for Mac OS 1064 and later versions
• Gain
  • Low = 0 dB
  • Medium = 10 dB
  • High = 20 dB

General

• Dimensions: 155 x 290 x 50 mm
• Weight: 2.2 kg