Khadas Technology Co., Ltd, known for making high-end single-board computers, has recently announced the launch of Tone 2 Pro, a successor of Tone Board Hi-Fi DAC through HiFiGo. The predecessor has been a huge success and is famous for the decent Hi-Fi audio quality it offers at a budgeted price of just US$ 99. For its newest introduction, the company has incorporated feedback from its first-gen product and has enhanced it significantly. Tone 2 Pro DAC is all set to release on 16th December 2020 through Hifigo. Its pre-orders start from the same day; one can get an early bird discount and get this unit for US$ 169.99 by registering on HiFiGo.
Tones 2 ProTone 2 Pro is equipped with an
ES9038Q2M DAC chip that is paired with 4 x OPA1612 operational amplifiers and
three buffer amplifiers. It helps the users enjoy high-fidelity music with
native DSD and high-bitrate PCM decoding support. Its 3-stage amplification
pathway can drive a range of demanding audiophile-grade headphones with
impedances of up to 150 ohms. OPA1612 offers decent audio quality and
distortion properties. With THD+ noise below 0.00008% throughout the audio
range (20Hz to 20kHz), this unit enables more accurate reproduction of an audio
recording.
In addition to this, Tone 2 Pro features a
4.4mm balanced headphone jack along with the standard 3.5mm single-end jack.
With an aluminum enclosure incorporating a hybrid digital/analog volume control
knob, this unit allows the user to rely entirely on analog signal attenuation
for accurate sound reproduction. And for excellent power-noise isolation, Tone
2 Pro features 2 USB-C ports to connect a 5V linear power supply to the second
USB-C port while having USB-C data on the first. It also has an industry-first
balanced RCA line-out, RCA ports having three signal-pins instead of two.
Tone 2 Pro’s latest addition to the file
format support is MQA decoding. It’s XMOS XU216 processor allows bit-perfect,
hardware-native, USB class II, asynchronous “unfolding” of MQA data for both
web streaming and local high fidelity audio playback. This enables future-proof
“original master quality” of audio reproduction that the user intends but at
reasonable file sizes and streaming bandwidth requirements.
Even after packing so many ports and
versatile functions, Tone 2 Pro has managed to keep a sleek profile. Offering
end-to-end features, this unit offers enhanced versatility. Tone 2 Pro will
debut through HiFiGo on 16th December and will be up for pre-orders from the
same day. To buy it at a discounted price of US$ 169.99, interested users can
register on Hifigo.
