MOON 230HAD Headphone Amplifier and DAC
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$1,599.00at Audiolab Stereo & Home TheaterChecked Nov 9
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The MOON 230HAD is a desktop headphone amplifier, DAC and line-stage preamp in one chassis, built by Simaudio in Canada and derived from the reference 430HA. Its asynchronous DAC takes USB, two S/PDIF and one TosLink input, handling PCM up to 24-bit/192kHz everywhere and 32-bit/384kHz plus DSD64/128/256 over USB. It suits headphone listeners with reasonably efficient unbalanced headphones and computer-based setups who want one box to run both. Against simpler DAC/amps it adds a true preamp output and a remote, but it has no balanced headphone output and no network or streaming features.
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Lowest price we've seen: $1,599.00 on Nov 8 at Audiolab Stereo & Home Theater. Tracked across 1 store since Nov 8.
The MOON 230HAD combines a headphone amplifier, a DAC and a line-stage preamplifier in one unit. It is based heavily on the reference MOON 430HA headphone amp. It is hand-crafted in Canada and comes with a 10-year warranty.
The DAC is fully asynchronous and has four digital inputs: two S/PDIF, one TosLink and one USB. It supports DSD64, DSD128 and DSD256 (USB input only). It supports PCM up to 24-bit/192kHz on all inputs and up to 32-bit/384kHz on USB only. It can be used with digital sources such as a computer, satellite TV receiver or Blu-ray player.
The amplifier is a pure analog design using a transconductance circuit. The power supply uses one toroidal transformer with 8 stages of DC voltage regulation. The unit can also serve as the control center for a secondary MOON system.
