PATHOS CONVERTO MKII

PATHOS CONVERTO MKII

D/A Converter Preamplifier and Headphone Amplifier

Overview

A fully balanced DAC built around SABRE chips with a headphone amp, and entirely handmade in Italy

“Musical.” That’s the word that comes to mind as soon as music starts playing through the Converto. What does that mean though? With “unmusical” DACs, think about the banding in the sky in low-res digital photos–the inability to smoothly run through subtle shades of the same hue. That’s what happens in noisier, less optimized digital products; there’s an inability to present the subtle shading that makes music human and real. All those little echoes, instrument decays, and minute resonances are buried under the noise floor of lesser DACs, and hence the use of “digital’ as a pejorative.

$5,199.95

PATHOS CONVERTO MKII

D/A Converter Preamplifier and Headphone Amplifier

Overview

A fully balanced DAC built around SABRE chips with a headphone amp, and entirely handmade in Italy

But “digital” isn’t and shouldn’t be a bad word. When done right, it has tremendous inner detail and life. High-resolution streams and recordings are commonplace, and these offer air and spaciousness just like good vinyl does. The Converto is no exception. The innate detail orientedness of the SABRE chip is implemented in a supremely, yes, musical circuit, that instantly draws you into the emotion and intention of the music.

The Converto MkII does not have a remote control. The Converto MkII RR is the same DAC but with remote control capability.

SKU: pathos-converto-mk2 Categories: Digital-to-Analogue Convertors (DAC), Receivers, Amps & Preamps, Integrated Amplifiers & Receivers

Weight	3000 g
Dimensions	200 × 230 × 70 mm
Brands	Pathos Acoustics
Color	Black, Silver

Converto MK2

Digital input sample rate	S/PDIF 32bit up to 384 KHz USB from Pc – PCM 32bit up to 384kHz, DSD 64, DSD128
Analog stage	Fully balanced, class A, zero feedback
Dynamic range	120dB
S/N Ratio	-110dB
THD	<0,01%
Analog output	1x Balanced XLR, one Unbalanced RCA line
Output impedance	<30 Ohm
Max FIX output level	3,2 V RMS
Variable output level	0 – 6,3 V RMS
Inputs	2x USB type “B” connector for computer 1x digital S/PDIF RCA 1x digital S/PDIF optic toslink 1x analog stereo line RCA
Headphone specifications
Output Power	1W @ 16 Ohm
Output impedance	<0,2 Ohm
Output level	7 VRMS
Frequency response	10Hz – 100 KHz
THD	< 0,02%
Main voltage	90-250V 50/60Hz
Power consumption	10W
Dimensions	200 x 226 x 70 mm
Net weight	2,5 Kg