SPL Mercury Mastering DA Converter Red
Mercury is a pristine stereo digital to analogue converter designed specifically for mastering applications. Powered by SPL’s 120V technology, Mercury aims to meet exceed the technological and tonal benchmarks that mastering houses demand.
Features
- Mastering specific AD converter
- SPL 120V high-headroom technology
- AES, SPDIF, TOSLINK and USB connectivity
- Pristine AKM Velvet Sound AD chip
- Dual stereo analogue outputs
- Monitor controllable secondary output
The I/O offerings of Mercury total seven different digital inputs including AES, SPDIF, TOSLINK and USB. Conversion duties are handled by AKM’s revered Velvet Sound chip technology and are capable of up to 768kHz 32-bit resolution as well as Direct Stream Digital up to DSD4.
Specifications
- Max Output Level: + 32.5 dBu
- Reference Levels: 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 dBu (0dBFS)
- Dynamic Range: 127.5 dB (analogue); 120 dB (digital)
- Output Impedance: 100 Ohms (bal.)
- Noise: -95 dBu (A-weighted)
- THD: -101 dB analogue @ +20dBu; -112 dB digital
- Dimensions: 482 x 44 x 300mm, 4.8kg