Denafrips Terminator Plus 15th
The Ultimate Listening Experience

Overview

The Denafrips Terminator Plus 15^th DAC (TERMINATOR-PLUS15TH) is designed to deliver the ultimate digital audio decoding experience. With its advanced technology and meticulous design, it ensures unparalleled sound quality for audiophiles seeking top-tier performance.

Key Features

1. Digital/Analog Isolation Design
   • Complete Independence: The TERMINATOR-PLUS15TH employs a thorough digital and analogue isolation design, ensuring complete independence between digital signal processing and analogue output.
   • Physical Isolation Technology: The digital processing board is separated from the R2R ladder network array, reducing noise and enhancing signal-to-noise ratio for purer sound quality.
   • High-Precision OCXO Modules: The two boards are connected via high-precision Oven-Controlled Crystal Oscillator (OCXO) modules, ensuring perfect reproduction of every detail.
2. High-Precision Oven-Controlled Crystal Oscillator (OCXO)
   • Dual OCXOs: Equipped with dual OCXOs operating at 45.1584 MHz and 49.152 MHz, housed in metal casings for high-end audio applications.
   • Temperature-Controlled Design: Minimizes frequency drift and jitter error, ensuring high-fidelity transmission of digital audio signals.
   • Stable Power Supply: The new power supply design provides low-noise ROXC operating voltage, delivering silky-smooth performance.
3. Adaptive FIFO Buffer
   • Clock Jitter Elimination: Advanced adaptive FIFO buffer technology stores received audio data in memory, ensuring stability and accuracy during data transmission.
   • Phase-Locked Loop and OCXO Control: Built-in phase-locked loop and ultra-precise OCXO clock control module virtually eliminate jitter, significantly improving audio detail reproduction.
4. Proprietary USB Audio Decoding Solution
   • STM32F446 Microcontroller: Driven by an STM32F446 microcontroller, fully compatible with traditional digital audio player chips.
   • Onboard FPGA: Digital signal decoded through an onboard FPGA, enhancing signal accuracy and stability.
   • Optimized USB Interface: Reduces cross-interference from digital input interfaces, ensuring the best sound reproduction effect.
5. High-Resolution Audio Support
   • PCM and DSD Support: Supports PCM data streams up to 24-bit/1536kHz and native decoding capability up to DSD1024.
   • Ultimate Sound Quality: Delivers an ultimate sound quality experience for both high-resolution PCM signals and DSD format.
   • Windows Platform Driver: Included THESYCON USB driver ensures compatibility with various devices.
6. Professional Design and Optimization
   • Continuous Innovation: Developed based on the successful TERMINATOR series by DENAFRIPS, with continuous innovation and optimization.
   • Audiophile-Grade Experience: Aims to provide an ultimate audiophile-grade digital-to-analog conversion experience, representing the pinnacle of high-end digital audio.
7. Package Contents
   • Certified Product: Package includes the device itself; cables and remote control are not included.

Specifications

• R-2R DAC Proprietary R2R + DSD Architecture
  • True balanced 26BIT R2R + 6BIT DSD (32-level FIR filter)
  • Matched precision thin-film 0.005% R-2R network array
• Digital Inputs
  • RCA Coaxial
  • TOSLink Optical
  • I²S inputs (HDMI & RJ45)
  • AES/EBU x 2 (Supports dual AES/EBU L/R channel input)
  • USB2.0 Type B
• High-Res Audio
  • Coaxial/AES/OPT input DSD64 / 2.8224MHz (DoP)
  • DSD1024 / 45.1584MHz (USB and I²S input)
  • All inputs support 24-bit / 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192 kHz
• Analog Outputs
  • RCA: 2.2Vrms at RCA, 625Ω
  • XLR: 4.4Vrms at XLR, 1250Ω
• Dimensions: 430 x 385 x 108 mm
• Weight: 18.75kg
• Color: Silver/Black

Performance Parameters

• AC Power Requirement: 115V AC 60Hz; 230V AC 50Hz
• Power Consumption: ≤20W
• Frequency Response: 20‒80kHz (+1/-3dB)
• THD+N: 0.0015% (A-weighted)
• Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 129dB
• Dynamic Range: >132 dB-120dB
• Crosstalk: -120dB

The Denafrips Terminator Plus 15^th DAC is a masterpiece of digital audio technology, offering audiophiles an unparalleled listening experience with its advanced features and meticulous design. Whether you’re a professional or an enthusiast, this DAC is designed to meet the highest standards of audio performance.