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Manufacturer's Description:
What we and many believe is the finest USB - SPDIF converter on the market today for computer audio, regularly beating units costing twice as much or more.
Generally we all know the downside of
battery power. Slow. Small soundstage. No dynamics. EXCEPT with the
Tabla. As Synergistic Research found in their room at CES 2012 the Tabla
actually increased dynamics and blew up the soundstage so incredibly
big that, as one of their staff said, "It was breathtaking from the
moment you put it in". This is what we found to our shock and amazement
when testing the Tabla. Incredibly wide, deep, and tall soundstage. Gobs
of detail and low level detail. Musicality is stunning. It absolutely
brought any DAC it was connected with to a completely new level of audio
sophistication and resolution.
Based on the Human Audio philisophy this device is purely battery powered with 2 built-in high-grade Lithium-Iron-Phosphate (LiFePO4)
cells. Each one runs separate operations. One for the USB and one for
the converter circuity. This separate is what provides incredible
blackness and giant soundstage, making the presentation organic and
liquid. These are no mere batteries. These batteries were originally
created for the electric car industry and have an internal resistance of
.002 Ohms. There is even a video of one of these batteries, which are the size of a large AA battery, starting a car. Batteries are rated to last 8 years.
The charging is fully automatc
without any external device since the Tabla uses the USB power for
charging purpose during idle. You do nothing. When its not playing its
charging. With up to 18 hours of runtime and nearly impossible to run
out of battery life during any normal listening. Even if by some chance
you ran it 24 hours the most that happens is the green light goes to
yellow telling you its now running off USB buss power. We do suggest
letting it charge overnight but you will not have to worry about it
interrupting your listening.
Tabla provides ultimate audio
performance using these built-in batteries selected for the lowest
ripple and the least noise output performance, a very advanced ripple
smoothing technology in engineered into the Tabla when using the USB
power while the battery is being silently reloaded, ultra-low jitter (3
ppm) discrete onboard clocks for 44.1kHz and 48kHz multiples, a
specialized pulse transformer on its real 75 Ohm BNC output and of
course one of the best USB-Audio algorithm available on the market
(developed by M2Tech).
Specifications:
- Warranty: 12 Months
- Resolution: up to 24 bit / 192 kHz
- Bit-perfect playback support: YES
- OS driver availability: for Windows & Mac OS X ( hiFace EVO compatibility )
- Input: USB 2.0
- Output: BNC 75 ohms (optional RCA adapter from BNC)
- Powering: Built-in rechargeable 2 LiFePO4 battery with ~8 years lifetime without memory-effect
- Charging: Fully automated from USB power when idle times (stop & power off state)
- Operation time (in "GREEN" mode) without charging: at least 12 hours continuously playback
- Seamless switching (with LED indication) between the clear
battery ("GREEN") mode and USB charging active during playback
("YELLOW") mode without any audible glitch (when the battery level is low)
- Charging time: max. 8 hours