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Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC
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  • Page 1 Instructions and Manual Rev 1.0 `~å~êó= Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC Mhdt Labs Audio Products...

  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    DAC. Please take a few moments to read over this instruction manual to get the most out of your unit. The manual describes how to operate the Mhdt Labs’ Canary DAC and provides some technical background information. Should you have any further questions or suggestions on how to improve this manual, please feel welcome to get in touch with us.
  • Page 3 `~å~êó= Mhdt Laboratory Taipei, Taiwan Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ apparatus. Unplug the unit from the mains supply before cleaning. The case should normally only be cleaned with a dry, soft, non-fluffy cloth. Do not spray any liquid cleaner onto the cabinet, as this may lead to dangerous shocks. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.

  • Page 4: Connections And Operation

    `~å~êó= Mhdt Laboratory Taipei, Taiwan Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ 1. Introduction `~å~êó= DAC is a successor model of our successful Paradisea series DAC. `~å~êó= `~å~êó DAC is capable of up to 24bits/192kHz digital signal inputs. DAC installed four Philips TDA1545A chips to improve the dynamic response and resolution.

  • Page 5: Rear Panel Connections

    `~å~êó= Mhdt Laboratory Taipei, Taiwan Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ 1 Main power push on/off switch 2 Indication Led, lights on when signal is locked 3 Digital input select switch – B, BNC input, SPDIF format 4 Digital input select switch – U, USB input, SPDIF format 5 Digital input select switch –...

  • Page 6: Technical Specifications

    `~å~êó= Mhdt Laboratory Taipei, Taiwan Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ 7 Main Powercord Inlet – Check the preset voltage indicated below this slot, this can be either 220-240VAC or 100-120 VAC (50/60Hz). The 4 digital inputs, i.e., 3,4,5,6 are independent to each other, only one among them will be active and is controlled by the tact switches located in front panel.

  • Page 7: Warranty

    `~å~êó= Mhdt Laboratory Taipei, Taiwan Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ USB inputs are all in asynchronous operation. All other inputs (SPDIF) 16, 24 bits 32 kHz up to 192 kHz Dimensions clear (W x D X H) 276 x 150 x 60 mm Dimensions w/ socket (W x D X H) 295 x 170 x 60 mm Weight 2 kg 4.
  • Page 8 `~å~êó= Mhdt Laboratory Taipei, Taiwan Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ USB2.0 full speed condition. Thus, you have to install USB2.0 driver before use USB input. Please download necessary files from our web site: http://www.mhdtlab.com/Usbdriver.htm Or directly download from http://www.mhdtlab.com/CM6631_6631A-1.03(CR).rar The use and setup of USB2.0 can be referred to our USBridge user manual located in: http://www.mhdtlab.com/Usbdriver.htm,...
  • Page 9 `~å~êó= Mhdt Laboratory Taipei, Taiwan Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Test if the supported formats sounded normally., Rev 1.0 Jun, 2016...
  • Page 10 `~å~êó= Mhdt Laboratory Taipei, Taiwan Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Note: If you want to install different version of drivers, please uninstall previous drivers before install new driver. The uninstall is operated in control panel like following: Rev 1.0 Jun, 2016...
  • Page 11 `~å~êó= Mhdt Laboratory Taipei, Taiwan Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC http://www.mhdtlab.com/ After driver is installed properly, you may try to run media agent to play the USB2.0 audio. The `~å~êó USB2.0 input supports: 16, 24 bits 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz and 192 kHz formats and can handle Direct Sound (DS), Kernel Streaming (KS)(will support in newer version of driver ) and WASAPI and ASIO with specific player such as FooBar or Winamp etc.
  • Page 12 Foobar and restart Foobar. Then, you are ready to use ASIO. 6. Tube, Fuse Replacement The vacuum tube installed in Canary DAC is GE JAN 5670W. The reason we choose 5670W is that this tube is very reliable, durable, good sounding and easy to find in nowadays’...

  • Page 13: Troubleshooting

    DAC accepts USB audio signal via USB port. Be sure the input is USB audio signal. Canary DAC accepts only SPDIF (PCM) format digital signal for the rest of inputs; BNC, RCA and Toslink. Other format like dts, ac3… is not accepted.
  • Page 14 USB port, please check if there is any device conflict by device management under control panel. Avoid using USB hub in connecting Canary DAC. Signal through USB hub may not work properly and also decrease the sound performance.

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