The Singapore-based company behind the well-received Harmony DAC has unveiled a new product line. The Crescendo series sits below the flagship Harmony range, and the Verse is first out of the gate: a three-in-one combining R2R DAC, active pre-amplifier and discrete Class A headphone amplifier.
LAiV says the Verse shares the same “design DNA” as the Harmony series but in a more compact form. The 3mm-thick aluminium chassis tips the scales at 0.9kg and measures 175 x 40 x 135mm. CNC-milled branding on the top and sides mirrors the Harmony range’s aesthetic.
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Under the hood sits an Intel Altera Cyclone FPGA running LAiV’s proprietary digital signal processing. The company has implemented a true balanced R2R ladder network using precision-matched 0.05%…