Specifications; What's Included; Supported Operating Systems - AudioQuest Beetle User Manual

Beetle
– Flight Manual
Optical–Bluetooth–USB DAC
In designing Beetle, our goal was to create a product that would sensibly
and intelligently address our customers' various connectivity needs—
both wired and wireless—while remaining true to our quest for the
best possible sound. It wouldn't be enough to merely offer inputs, such
as Bluetooth, USB, and Optical. We wanted to investigate and implement
the best possible methods of optimizing each input, independent of
one another. To that end, Beetle provides the following:
Optical: ESS's patented Time Domain Jitter Eliminator® significantly
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reduces jitter over Optical, raising both time-domain accuracy and
signal-to-noise ratio to state-of-the-art levels.
Asynchronous Bluetooth: Asynchronous data transfer preventively
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ensures the lowest possible level of jitter over Bluetooth. In this
mode, Beetle is in total control of the incoming datastream.
Asynchronous USB: Like our award-winning DragonFly USB DAC
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+ headphone amplifier, Beetle implements Streamlength®
Asynchronous USB transfer code—the most sophisticated software
solution of its kind currently available.
In addition to the great care and extraordinary engineering applied
to Beetle's inputs, AudioQuest has spent the better part of three
years co-developing the most advanced microcontroller solutions
currently available. Beetle is the first AudioQuest product to be built
on the extremely efficient, ultra-low-noise Microchip® microcontroller
platform.
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Specifications

Maximum Output: 1.35 volt
Bluetooth Version: 4.0 A2DP 2.6 (software upgradable via Desktop
Device Manager)
Volume Control
USB and Bluetooth: 64-bit (Bit-Perfect Digital) Volume Control
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Optical: Unity Gain
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Sample Rates
Bluetooth: Up to 48kHz @ 384kbps (blue LED when paired)
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Optical: 32kHz–96kHz; 16 bit–24 bit (red LED)
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USB: 44.1kHz (green LED); 48kHz (blue LED); 88.2kHz (amber LED);
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96kHz (magenta LED). 16 bit–24 bit.

What's Included?

In the box, you will find the following:
Beetle Optical–Bluetooth–USB digital-to-analog converter
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Regulated Analog-Linear Power Supply
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Flight Manual
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Supported Operating Systems

Apple OS X®
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Apple iOS®
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Microsoft Windows® (7, 8.1, 10)
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Android™
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