{"id":158670,"date":"2023-03-16T08:21:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T08:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=158670"},"modified":"2023-10-18T06:08:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T05:08:46","slug":"daart-yulong-aquila-iii-desktop-dac-and-headphone-amplifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/daart-yulong-aquila-iii-desktop-dac-and-headphone-amplifier\/","title":{"rendered":"DAART Yulong Aquila III: Desktop DAC and headphone amplifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"news__content\" data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<div data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<p>DAART has begun shipping the Yulong Aquila III digital-to-analog converter and headphone amplifier .<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/226_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/>The DAC block in the model is based on a combination of the\u00a0AK4191\u00a0decoder and the\u00a0AK4499EX\u00a0conversion chip from\u00a0Asahi Kasei\u00a0, capable of working with a PCM stream with a sampling rate of up to\u00a01536 kHz\u00a0, as well as a\u00a0DSD1024\u00a0stream when connected via USB.\u00a0Optical, coaxial and AES\/EBU inputs are also used to supply a digital signal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"news__content\" data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<div data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/227_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/>Analog outputs are provided by RCA and XLR connectors, they can be used when using the model as a preamplifier.\u00a0The LCD display located on the front panel shows not only the volume level and the active input, but also the spectral analysis of the reproduced signal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/28_techweek.webp\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-inpage2 inpage-banner\" data-v-4bbac5a6=\"\" data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<div id=\"adfox_160819351990185606\" data-v-4bbac5a6=\"\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"adfox_160819354584955791\" data-v-4bbac5a6=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"news__content\" data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<div data-v-206174c4=\"\">\n<p>Headphone jacks are\u00a06.35 mm\u00a0,\u00a04.4 mm\u00a0and\u00a0four-pin XLR\u00a0.\u00a0The power of the headphone amplifier is\u00a01000 mW\u00a0into 32 ohms unbalanced and\u00a04000 mW\u00a0into 32 ohms balanced.\u00a0The dimensions of the device are\u00a0248 x 210 x 60 mm\u00a0, weight &#8211;\u00a04 kg\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/228_techweek.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/>The DAART Yulong Aquila III\u00a0DAC and Headphone Amplifier\u00a0comes in three colors and is sold online for\u00a0$999\u00a0.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAART has begun shipping the Yulong Aquila III digital-to-analog converter and headphone amplifier . The DAC block in the model is based on a combination of the\u00a0AK4191\u00a0decoder and the\u00a0AK4499EX\u00a0conversion chip from\u00a0Asahi Kasei\u00a0, capable of working with a PCM stream with a sampling rate of up to\u00a01536 kHz\u00a0, as well as a\u00a0DSD1024\u00a0stream when connected via USB.\u00a0Optical, [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/daart-yulong-aquila-iii-desktop-dac-and-headphone-amplifier\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":158676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":["post-158670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hi-fi","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hifiratings.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}