
Chord Electronics DAVE | DAC and Amp
Chord's Flagship DAC, Dave, Contains the Latest-Generation FPGA Technology Making it the Most Advanced DAC in the World Reference-level DAC, headphone amplifier and preamplifier 164k tap FPGA DAC Supports up to 768kHz Configurable crossfeed From Chord Electronics DAVE is our flagship DAC, a true reference-level product, loaded with our latest-generation FPGA technology. Put simply, it is the most advanced DAC in the world. DAVE is the most advanced DAC we have ever made. It features the very best conversion technology available, using proprietary techniques never seen before, making DAVE the most advanced DAC/preamp amplifier in the world. DAVE stands for ‘Digital to Analogue Veritas in Extremis’, a moniker that best reflects the product’s capability; a device so advanced and with so few compromises, that it is absolutely truthful in the extreme — a standard that all other DACs on the market simply cannot hope to match. The DAC, which is also a reference-level headphone amplifier