Mhdt Labs Stockholm V2 Balanced User Manual

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Rev 1.0
2
Stockholm
Balanced
Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC
Mhdt Labs
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  • Page 1 Instructions and Manual Rev 1.0 Stockholm Balanced Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC Mhdt Labs Audio Products...
  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    Thank you for purchasing the Mhdt Labs’ 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’ Stockholm Balanced DAC and provides some technical background information.
  • Page 3 Mhdt Laboratory Stockholm Balanced Taipei, Taiwan http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC filled with liquids (flower vases, drink cans, coffee cups, etc) on the 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.
  • Page 4: Connections And Operation

    Mhdt Laboratory Stockholm Balanced Taipei, Taiwan http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC 1. Introduction Stockholm Balanced DAC is capable of up to 24bits/192kHz digital signal inputs yet remains driving legendary PCM56 R-2R digital to analog output. Stockholm Balanced DAC is a non over-sampling, no digital filter, no op-amp, no feedback structured DAC.
  • Page 5: Rear Panel Connections

    Mhdt Laboratory Stockholm Balanced Taipei, Taiwan http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC 4 Digital input select switch – U, USB input, SPDIF format 5 Digital input select switch – B, BNC input, SPDIF format 6 Digital input select switch – R, RCA input, SPDIF format 7 Digital input select switch –...
  • Page 6: Technical Specifications

    Mhdt Laboratory Stockholm Balanced Taipei, Taiwan http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC 9 AES/EBU Professional Digital Input / 110Ω- Connect to CD Transport, CDP or DVD Digital output. Capable of 16-24bits, 32-192kHz SPDIF digital signals. 10 Main Powercord Inlet – Check the preset voltage indicated below this slot, this can be either 220-240VAC or 100-120 VAC (50/60Hz).
  • Page 7: Warranty

    Mhdt Laboratory Stockholm Balanced Taipei, Taiwan http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC Output level: 3.0 Vrms USB input 16, 24 bits 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz and 192 kHz; drivers required USB inputs are all in asynchronous operation. All other inputs (SPDIF) 16, 24 bits 32 kHz up to 192 kHz, please check section 5 of this manual for detail.
  • Page 8 Mhdt Laboratory Stockholm Balanced Taipei, Taiwan http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC 5. USB input driver installation No driver installation is needed if using w/ Mac and Linux OS, Android (Mi TV box / cell phone) just plug and play USB2.0 driver installation on Windows OS Stockholm Balanced...
  • Page 9 Mhdt Laboratory Stockholm Balanced Taipei, Taiwan http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC Test if the supported formats sounded normally., Rev 1 Mar., 2015...
  • Page 10 Mhdt Laboratory Stockholm Balanced Taipei, Taiwan http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC Note: If you want to install different version of drivers, please uninstall previous drivers before install new driver. Rev 1 Mar., 2015...
  • Page 11 Mhdt Laboratory Stockholm Balanced Taipei, Taiwan http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC The uninstall is operated in control panel like following: After driver is installed properly, you may try to run media agent to play the USB2.0 audio. The Stockholm 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 Mhdt Laboratory Stockholm Balanced Taipei, Taiwan http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC ASIO driver. You can download these drivers from CM6631_6631A-1.03(CR)\W7\SoftwareDriver\DLL is just a demonstration; it can be XP, W8, VISTA CMUACWOASIO64.dll CMUACWOASIO.dll Copy these ASIO drivers to the Components folder of Foobar2000 if you are using Foobar and restart Foobar.
  • Page 13 Mhdt Laboratory Stockholm Balanced Taipei, Taiwan http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC The reason we choose 5670W is that this tube is very reliable, durable, good sounding and easy to find in nowadays’ market, The typical life of GE JAN 5670W is about 6000-8000 hours. If you listen to music by two hours every day, you don’t have to care about tube’s life for almost 10 years.
  • Page 14: Troubleshooting

    Mhdt Laboratory Stockholm Balanced Taipei, Taiwan http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC The DAC is designed to be fully regulated in circuit. So, select 110-120V case can also works well in Japan’s 100V. 8. Troubleshooting In case there is no audio coming out of your system, there are a few things to check: Stockholm Balanced...
  • Page 15 Mhdt Laboratory Stockholm Balanced Taipei, Taiwan http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Realistic yet Natural Sounding DAC performance. If none of these suggestions cure the problem, please do not hesitate to contact Latest version of firmware/driver can be downloaded from our website: http://www.mhdtlab.com/ Rev 1 Mar., 2015...

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