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Internally, the analog and digital sections are properly isolated to ensure that noise won’t leak through. Aside from wired inputs, the Tradutto is also equipped with a QCC5124 Bluetooth receiver chip, which runs Bluetooth 5.1 with AAC, SBC, and aptX/LL/HD decoding capability. Upstream to the ES9038Q2M is an XMOS SU216 USB controller chip, which allows the Tradutto to decode 32BIT/768Khz PCM, DSD512, and unfold MQA files. However, EarMen explains that they have minimized the current drawn by the Tradutto to be able to reduce the interference from Bluetooth, WiFi, or cellular signals. Copyright EarMen 2021 Tech Highlightsīased on the specs sheet, the Tradutto is equipped with an ESS ES9038Q2M DAC, and I’m sure some who are fans of the SMSL SU-9 might be up in arms knowing that a DAC around twice the price doesn’t even use an ES9038 Pro DAC.
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Judging from the PR releases from recent audio shows, this may be the first of a series of modular desktop devices with what seems to be a matching headphone amp and power supply on the way also. This time, EarMen has released a larger balanced desktop DAC called the Tradutto, which means translator in Italian.
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However, most of these products were geared more toward portable and transportable applications. Since their early releases, we’ve had the privilege to take a closer look at EarMen’s products such as the TR-Amp, Sparrow, and the Donald DAC. As a brand, EarMen is fairly new, but the sister company Auris Audio has been an established manufacturer of tube amplifiers for quite a while now.