Musical Fidelity M3x DAC – Black

Here we have an M3x DAC Digital to Analogue Converter from former British company Musical Fidelity. It is in very good condition and comes in original factory packaging. Also included are a remote control, manual, mains lead plus our standard 3 month warranty.
Musical Fidelity Say….
Our M3x DAC is our new entry in affordable high-end DACs.
With its technical prowess, superb technical performance, careful PCB design in Musical Fidelity tradition, meticulous power supply layout and excellent build quality, the new M3x DAC offers a truly outstanding offering modern high-end DAC design.
The M3x DAC employs an upsampling DAC design with the SRC4392, a high-end sample rate converter from Burr Brown, tasked to re-clock all PCM signals and convert them into 192 kHz. Up-sampling done in this sophisticated and clean implementation allows us to reach the lowest distortion levels and maintain and elevate your digital music playback.
The PCM1795 DAC handles PCM rates of up to 32 bits and 192kHz and native and DoP DSD of up to DSD256. DSD files are not up-sampled, but played in their original format.
The single ended RCA and balanced XLR outputs each have their own output buffer. Both output stages deliver superior audio quality, exhibit very low noise, large output voltage swing and high current drive. The excellent gain bandwidth and very fast slew rate produce exceptionally low distortion.
The M3x DAC displays our continued development of our Super Silent Power Transformers. Industrial grade power sockets with EMI filter and DC blocker stop interferences and eliminate transformer hum. The toroidal transformer with low core saturation is ideal for audio applications and especially perfect for digital audio due to its extremely low electromagnetic radiation.
Digital to analogue converters, compared to analogue amplifiers, present their own design challenges. They work in different domains, have their own requirements and need to be treated as such. Power requirements are unique and solutions designed for amplifiers will not show similar results when paired with digital circuitry.
We have always held circuit board design and layout up to the highest of standards at Musical Fidelity. We are not believers of flashy board design just for the sake of looks. The design & layout need to be custom-tailored to each application, measure well AND sound as envisioned. Only then have we done our job. At this point, we have given the listener a palpable sense of the recording venue that places the performers in a real-time holographic space in their own homes.
Paying close attention to every aspect of the M3x DAC, we get a tremendous performer. The mechanical construction is uncompromisingly rigid and solid in typical Musical Fidelity tradition. The front panel is milled from an extruded aluminium profile. Together with the heavy steel case this protects the internals against outer electromagnetic fields, and in the same way, the rest of your HiFi gear against electromagnetic fields generated by the M3x DAC.
In Brief
DAC:
PCM1795 DAC with SRC4392 Upsampling Chip
2 digital PCM filters & 2 analogue DSD filters
PCM inputs upsampled to 192 kHz
USB: up to 32-bit/192 kHz
USB: DSD 256 (stereo DoP and native)
SPDIF: up to 24-bit/192 kHz
In & Outputs:
1x USB, 2x coaxial, 2x optical inputs
1x RCA, 1x balanced XLR output
Features:
Affordable entry into high-end DACs
Very low noise
Extremely low distortion
Outstanding linearity
Outstanding channel separation
Super Silent Power Transformer
Balanced and RCA output
Heavy aluminium front plate with steel chassis
Minimal electromagnetic interference from power supply to DAC circuitry
Roon Tested (*pending)
Made in the EU
Specifications:
DAC Chip: PCM1795
Sample Rate Converter: SRC4392
Total Correlated Jitter: < 48 picoseconds peak to peak
Linearity: < 0.2 dB down to – 100 dB
Frequency Response: – 0.2 dB at 20 Hz, 0.1 dB at 20 kHz; 1.5 dB at 70 kHz
Channel Separation: < – 115 dB 10 kHz @ 0 dB FS
Signal To Noise: >107 dB “A”- wtd 1 kHz @ 0 dB FS
Total Harmonic Distortion: < 0.005% at 1 kHz @ 0 dB FS
Output Impedance: < 50 ohms
Main Voltages: 230 V/115 V Internally set or 100 V optional
Max. Consumption: 15 W, < 0.5 W in standby
Dimensions: 440 (W) x 363 (D) x 100 (H) mm
Weight: 6.8 kg