Audiobyte: the Super series DAC, headphone amplifier and streamer

Audiobyte comes from Suceava, Romania, and is the sister brand of Rockna. Both companies trace back to Nicolae Jitariu; since 2023 Audiobyte has been an independent company with its own production facility. The idea has been the same from the start: Rockna’s FPGA converter technology and Femtovox clocking at a fraction of the price, using standard components instead of custom parts. The current Super series consists of a DAC, a headphone amplifier and a streamer in the same full-aluminium chassis – each unit is built to order and tested individually.

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Amplifiers & DACs

  • Audiobyte SuperHEAD
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    Audiobyte SuperHEAD

    €3,990.00
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    Audiobyte’s first dedicated headphone amplifier, also a line preamplifier. 17 V RMS into 100 ohms, up to 5 W into 16–50 ohms, signal-to-noise above 125 dB, gain adjustable from 0 to 20 dB in 0.5 dB steps. Balanced outputs on 4-pin XLR and 4.4 mm, plus 6.3 mm; XLR and RCA in and out. Internal linear power supply, touchscreen, 5.5 kg.

  • Audiobyte SuperVOX
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    Audiobyte SuperVOX

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    Fully balanced FPGA converter with a 33-level delta-sigma modulator at 11.3/12.3 MHz, Femtovox clocking, discrete output stage and linear power supply. Inputs USB, I²S (HDMI) and S/PDIF, outputs XLR and RCA. No headphone output – that is what the SuperHEAD is for.

Sources

  • Audiobyte SuperHUB
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    Audiobyte SuperHUB

    €3,990.00

    Network streamer on an AMD ZYNQ FPGA with its own lightweight Linux, Roon Ready, UPnP, DLNA, OpenHome, AirPlay, Tidal, Qobuz and Spotify. Outputs I²S over HDMI – the input SuperVOX and Rockna DACs like best – plus coaxial; accepts AES/EBU, Toslink, coaxial and USB and converts them. Linear power supply, 3-inch IPS display, full aluminium, 6 kg.

Accessories

  • Audiobyte SuperRACK
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    Audiobyte SuperRACK

    €975.00

    Three-tier rack built for the three units of the Super series: same footprint, air between the tiers, in black or grey. To order.

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