You can buy Schiit’s new Mimir as just a DAC for $299 or add a 3-band parametric EQ and digital preamp for an extra $50.
That’ll be $349 all in with what Shiit call their Forkbread module and associated iOS app (Android is in the works), “the only multi-product, multi-stack unified control system that replaces a stack of remotes, shows you how your system is performing, and brings additional features like preamp and EQ capability to a DAC.”
Here’s Schiit on the Mesh DAC bit:
Mesh: Our Unique Digital Filter, Made Uniquely Affordable
All of our True Multibit or Multiform DACs have used our own proprietary digital filter, developed through decades of R&D. Now, Mesh brings this unique digital filter to a much more affordable price point, by meshing (ahem) a 32-bit Microchip processor with a standard delta-sigma modulator. The result? Something that sounds a lot more like our more expensive DACs.
You also get single-ended and balanced outputs, the company’s Unison 384™ USB input (up to 32 bits/384kHz supported, full UAC2 compliance) as well as Optical SPDIF, Coaxial SPDIF, and AES (all up to 24/192).
For $349.
Company Website: Schiit Audio
Specifications
SE or Balanced Outputs
Frequency Response: 20Hz-20KHz, +/-0.04dB
THD+N: 0.0003%
IMD: 0.0004%, CCIR
S/N: 118dB, referenced to full output, with or without external power
Crosstalk: -125dB, 20-20kHz
USB input: Unison 384™, up to 32 bits/384kHz supported, full UAC2 compliance
Other inputs: Optical SPDIF, Coaxial SPDIF, AES, all up to 24/192
D/A Conversion: Schiit Mesh™, a unique combination of our time- and frequency-domain optimized digital filter and a standard delta-sigma modulator, in this case an ES9028
Analog Stage: Based on LME49724 for balanced output, OPA1656 for SE output, both independent, with precision thin-film resistors and film capacitors, DC coupled
Output: XLR balanced and RCA single-ended
Maximum Output:
3.0V RMS balanced, 1.5V RMS single-ended when powered via USB cable
4.0V RMS balanced, 2.0V RMS single-ended with Linear Override AC wall-wart
Output Impedance: 75 ohms
Power Supply: USB powered with charge pump rail generator for +/-5V rails, reports as 500mA USB device
Linear override via 14-16VAC, 0.5A+ wall-wart, provides +/-12V rails and reports as 0mA USB device
Forkbeard requirements: schiit.com/forkbeard
Forkbeard Capabilities:
Input select
Sample rate reporting
Volume control
Balance control
3-band parametric EQ
Mesh or NOS filter mode switching
Loudness
Phase inversion
Size: 9 x 6 x 1.5”
Weight: 2 lb