Berkeley Audio Design Alpha DAC Reference Series 3

Berkeley Audio Design Alpha DAC Reference Series 3 Ultra low phase noise clocking with MQA, HDCD decoding, multiple filter options, and a volume control “The Series 3 extends the Alpha DAC Reference’s status as the ne plus ultra in digital decoding, and will remain at the front end of my reference system....The Series 3’s deeper bass, wider dynamic expression, superior bottom-end articulation and textural resolution, and enhanced top-end openness are clearly major advances....With less accomplished DACs, it sounds as if a whole layer of very low-level information has gone missing.” — ROBERT HARLEY, THE ABSOLUTE SOUND, NOVEMBER 2019   “The best DAC I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing. It’s a profoundly transparent window into the music. It provides cognitive insights into the musicians’ intent in ways that no other DAC has communicated to this level. It’s tonally exceptionally accurate and it is balanced in terms of not emphasising any area of the bandwidth – it’s never harsh nor s