PopPulse PCM1796 DAC User Manual
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1. PopPulse PCM1796 DAC User Manual Congratulations on purchasing this superior quality audiophile product The PopPulse PCM1796 USB DAC has both the performance and credentials to become the new benchmark in the highly competitive affordable DAC market Keeping it simple this unit forgoes any needless extra features such as being a pre amplifier or doubling as a headphone amplifier Instead all effort has gone into making the PopPulse PCM1796 a superior quality Digital to Analogue Converter The two piece aluminium box chassis design serves to separate the high quality mains power transformer from the sensitive DAC conversion circuitry In doing so the signal to noise ratio is enhanced by interference being reduced As well as featuring optical toslink and coaxial digital SPDIF inputs the PopPulse PCM1796 DAC features a very high quality USB 2 input Using the excellent CM 108 receiving chip this USB 2 input directly converts and feeds the data stream into the high performance BB TI PCM1796 DAC chip in the superior I2S format avoiding any needless jitter inducing conversion into SPDIF The PopPulse PCM1796 DAC has both the resolution and finesse to take on and beat the competition In the Box Carefully unpack the PCM1796 DAC making sure all the below are present Mains Power Lead Optical Toslink Digital Interconnect Coaxial Digital Interconnect Audiophile Grade USB 2 Cable Operating the PCM1796 as a USB DAC Please sw2. itch OFF all devices before making any connections with the PCM1796 Using an analogue interconnect cable not supplied plug one end of the cable into the RCA Analogue Outputs of the PCM1796 and the other end of the cable into a spare input of a suitable amplifier make sure amplifier is not switched on Using the supplied mains power lead plug one end of the lead into the IEC AC mains input on the rear panel of the DAC and make sure AC outlet is not switched on plug the other end into a spare AC mains power outlet Switch on the AC mains power outlet and using the power switch on the rear panel of DAC switch on the device If powered on correctly one of the input LEDs on the front panel of the DAC should be illuminated Using the input Select button on the front panel of the DAC change input to USB Using the supplied USB Cable plug one end into the USB input on the rear panel of the U I and the other end of the cable into a spare USB socket on the PC If plugged in correctly the Windows Operating System on the PC should automatically recognise the DAC assuming Windows version is XP or later Using a software media player such as Winamp playback an audio file It could be a WAV MP3 CD Internet radio stream etc Making sure the volume control is turned down on the amplifier switch on amplifier Adjust volume to suit Enjoy the music Operating the PCM1796 with other digital devices Please switch OFF al
3. l devices before making any connections with the PCM1796 Basically the same procedures described previously except rather than connecting to a PC or Mac the DAC will be connected to another audio playback device such a DVD or CD player by either the Coaxial or Optical digital input Using a suitable digital interconnect Coaxial and optical supplied plug one end into the relevant digital input on the rear panel of the DAC Plug the other end of the digital interconnect into the SPDIF digital output either optical toslink or coaxial of a suitable playback device Using an interconnect cable not supplied plug one end of the cable into the RCA Analogue Outputs of the DAC and the other end of the cable into a spare input of a suitable amplifier make sure amplifier is not switched on Using the supplied mains power lead plug one end of the lead into the IEC AC mains input on the rear panel of the DAC and make sure AC outlet is not switched on plug the other end into a spare AC mains power outlet Switch on the AC mains power outlet and using the power switch on the rear panel of DAC switch on the device If powered on correctly one of the input LEDs on the front panel of the DAC should be illuminated Using the input select button on the front panel of the DAC change input to either Opti or Coax Switch on the playback device and play some music audio Making sure the volume control is turned down on the a
4. mplifier switch on amplifier Adjust volume to suit Enjoy the music Front Panel USB OPTI COAX POR PuLsE STEREO D A CONVERTER PCM1796 SEDECT Input Selector RCA Analogue Outputs IEC AC Mains Power Input Digital Inputs On Off Switch Features High Performance BB PCM 1796 DAC Chip High quality USB Input Optical Toslink Digital Input Coaxial Digital Input CS8416 Receiver Chip High quality internal mains transformer Specifications e Input impedance 75Q D A converter 24 bit 192 KHz Audio output 2 0v S N 116dB Dynamic range 118dB Frequency response 15Hz 80kHz Max power dissipation SOW Dimension L 24 5 cm W 12 cm H 4 5 cm Weight 1 5kg
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