Chord Dave Reference DAC/Pre-amplifier - $6,500 (Jackson)

Chord Dave Reference DAC/Pre-amplifier 1

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Further Information: Today we have an exceptional Chord Dave Reference-level DAC, Headphone Amplifier & Preamplifier in excellent secondhand condition. One owner, initially sold by us. This is the current flagship model with an RRP of $21,000. This one is effectively in as new in original packaging, AND it has just returned from an overseas trip being fully serviced by Chord in the UK. Feature highlight has to be Chord's latest-generation 'Spartan 6 Field Programmable Gate Array' or (FPGA) technology with the equivalent 1,000x the processing power of the traditional mass-produced chip DAC...

Key features:

Frequency response: 20Hz to 20kHz flat within +/-0.1dB (HF filter off)

Tap length filter: 164,000

THD + N: 127.5dB (AWT)

Channel separation: >125dB @ 1KHz

Dynamic range: 127.5dB (AWT)

Sample frequencies: 44.1Khz – 768Khz (16 – 32bit) and DSD64 to DSD512 native DSD + DoP (input dependent)

Digital inputs:

4x 75Ω S/PDIF BNC Coax – 44.1kHz to 384kHz

1x AES XLR – 44.1kHz to 96kHz

2x Fibre Optic TOSLINK – 44.1kHz to 96kHz

1x USB Type B – 44.1kHz to 768kHz (16 – 32bit) – PCM and DSD

Analogue outputs:

1x Stereo Pair of Unbalanced RCA

1x Stereo Pair of Balanced XLR

1x ¼” TRS Jack Headphone Output

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posted: 2026-09-13 13:08

updated: 2026-10-27 21:44

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Further Information: Today we have an exceptional Chord Dave Reference-level DAC, Headphone Amplifier & Preamplifier in excellent secondhand condition. One owner, initially sold by us. This is...