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The Serenade is using Hifiman’s HIMALAYA PRO R2R DAC, a technology we now see in almost all of Hifiman’s DAC products. The HIMALAYA Pro is an R-2R or resistor-based modular chipset that is discrete-designed and based on an in-house FPGA algorithm. Hifiman states that their tech equals using double Burr Brown PCM1704K balanced connections, outperforming the PCM1704 in every way.

The Serenade features an XMOS XU316 USB chipset and offers up to DSD256 and PCM 32bit/386kHz decoding rates via USB. By using the Serenade’s FTP network input and bypassing the XMOS chip, you can get DSD512 and PCM 32bit/768kHz capability. Next to this USB and network input, the Serenade also offer the typical optical and coaxial inputs (DSD DoP64 and PCM 32bit/192kHz)

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