Resonessence Labs INVICTA DSD DXD USB Headphone DAC, Made by ESS Sabre Engineers, "simply the best headphone source I have listened to"

State of the Art Headphone DSD DXD USB DAC with all inputs including SD Card. Brand new in box with warranty from authorized dealer. May consider your trade. Paypal adds 3%. Offering free shipping this month (which will save you import costs, fees, duty and shipping). Thank you for letting Midwest Audio serve you!

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From Resonessence:

INVICTA, once again, exceeds expectations. The headphone amplifier circuitry has its own dedicated Sabre DAC chip for uncompromising performance. And, we provide two headphone outputs not just one. Each output is totally independant and can drive even the most demanding headphone sets. Both are Class A amplifiers each capable of volume control from 0 to-127dB adjustable in 0.5dB steps. Play direct from files loaded onto an SD Card if you wish (Files are displayed on the front panel with Artist and Song Titles, or connect a monitor with the HDMI connection on the back)

“ Let’s just get it out of the way: the Invicta is simply the best headphone source I have listened to…… No distortion. The Invicta handled everything thrown at it with aplomb. Indeed no detectable bias towards any particular aspect of the sound. Bass, mids and treble were all clearly definable. What is particularly extraordinary is hearing everything given its own space and sense of “air”.
Steven, reviewer AVforums.com

“Seating a 6.3mm headphone jack in one of the Invicta’s ports turns her into Evicta. You’re evicted from this reality and ‘invicted’ into colossal refined detail.”
Srajan Ebaen, Publisher, 6-moons.com

“I plug in some AKG 701 headphones and I am treated to a headamp masterclass”
Jake reviewer HiFi Pig.

The Invicta was created in part by ESS Sabre DAC engineers.
The ESS Sabre DAC is the world’s highest performance 32-bit audio DAC solution.
2 ESS Sabre DACs used for precise conversion.

SD card reader for seamless high-resolution sound enjoyment without a computer. No computer, no noise added into the loop.
RCA + XLR analog outputs.
High-speed USB, Toslink, BNC, AE5.
Supports all major audio inputs and outputs
Two headphone amplifiers that deliver pristine sound quality

Exceptional Value

Engineered with more conveniences than a standard DAC
Adaptable for home use or in the recording studio.
Designed by the chassis designers at IMWorks, and Resonessence engineers intimately familiar with the exceptional ESS Sabre DAC. Designed, produced, and manufactured in Canada.
Provides endless hours of high-fidelity audio playback.
Minimal amounts of noise and distortion and accurate frequency response

INVICTA:

All PCBs have been revised based on our experience with the production of INVICTA over the past two years.
The Headphone output is now generated by the ESS Sabre DAC ES9018 rather than the ES9016 of the first generation.
The front panel is modified to show additional high sample rate LEDs.
DSD (both 64 and 128) is now supported: you can use USB or the SD Card as the data source for DSD programs. We support DFF and DSF formats on the SD Card.
We have doubled the sample rate: you may now provide audio data at up to 384kS/S.
The front panel and the cover are redesigned to highlight the DSD capability and reduce the internal temperature.
We have added a slot in the front panel to increase the IR sensitivity
The unit now operates with the Apple Remote Control
A cosmetic upgrade: the OLED Display is now white rather than the original blue color.

INVICTA Mirus:

Mirus inherits all the improvements of the INVICTA mentioned above.
The headphone module is removed and a second ESS Sabre DAC ES9018 is added to the back-panel XLR and RCA outputs.
This allows a total of eight ES9018 channels for each stereo output. The THD and noise are thereby improved even further than on the INVICTA.

Tech Specifications
Specification General Value Units Notes
Width 22.0 (8.66) cm (in)
Depth 28.2 (11.10) cm (in)
Height

5.0 (1.97)
4.4 (1.73)

cm (in)
cm (in)

Including feet
Without feet
Weight 2.9 (6.4) kg (lb)
Operating Voltage

110 – 130
220 – 250

V AC
V AC

60Hz, 115v setting
50Hz, 230v setting
Fuse Rating 115v 500 mAmp Slow Blow, 250V, 5mm x 20mm
Fuse Rating 230v 250 mAmp Slow Blow, 250V, 5mm x 20mm
Power Consumption 30 Watts
SD Card File Format DSF, DFF, FLAC,
WAV, AIFF Up to 384kS/s, 24bit
XLR Output
Amplitude 4.6 ±5% Vrms At 0dB volume
Impedance 156 ±1% ohm
Distortion + Noise

125
dB A-weighted
Frequency Response

120 dB A-weighted
Frequency Response

118 dB A-weighted
Frequency Response