Schiit Modi 5 High Performance Mesh™ DAC

Modi 5
High Performance Mesh™ DAC

Description:

Need an excellent standalone DAC, but don’t want to spend a fortune? Here you go: Modi 5 gives you our unique Mesh™ conversion, Unison 384, and Linear Override. The result? The most flexible, best-sounding inexpensive DAC out there.

Mesh: Sounds Expensive. Isn't.

All of our True Multibit or Multiform DACs have used our own proprietary digital filter, developed through decades of R&D. Mesh brings this unique digital filter to a much more affordable price point, by meshing (ahem) a 32-bit Microchip processor with a standard delta-sigma modulator. The result? Something that sounds a lot more like our more expensive DACs.

All Inputs Covered

Just need a USB DAC? One cable and you’re done. Modi 5 is USB powered for maximum transportability and flexibility—it’ll even run your optical and coax inputs with USB power. Or, plug in our optional external AC wall-wart to engage Linear Override for much higher voltage rails (and higher output).

Designed and Built in the USA. For Real.

By “designed and built in the USA," we mean it. We do our own PCBs, assembly, test, and QC in Corpus Christi. Our chassis are made in California. No joking, no fooling, no games

SPECS THAT MATTER

Distortion: inaudible; 100-1000x lower than any transducer (speaker or headphone) you're using
Noise: inaudible; far below a typical headphone or speaker amp
Input capability: accommodates all actual music recordings from all typical sources
Heat: runs mildly warm; this is normal
Size: very desk-friendly

OTHER SPECS

Frequency Response: 20Hz-20KHz, +/-0.04dB
THD+N: 0.0003%
IMD: 0.0004%, CCIR
S/N: 118dB, referenced to full output, with or without external power
Crosstalk: -125dB, 20-20kHz
USB input: Unison 384™, up to 32 bits/384kHz supported, full UAC2 compliance
Other inputs: Optical SPDIF, Coaxial SPDIF, up to 24/192
D/A Conversion: Schiit Mesh™, a unique combination of our time- and frequency-domain optimized digital filter and a standard delta-sigma modulator, in this case an ES9018
Analog Stage: Based on OPA1656, with precision thin-film resistors and film capacitors, DC coupled
Output: RCA single-ended

Maximum Output:

1.5V RMS when powered via USB cable
2.0V RMS with Linear Override AC wall-wart
Output Impedance: 75 ohms
Power Supply: USB powered with charge pump rail generator for +/-5V rails, reports as 500mA USB device, Linear Override via 12-16VAC, 0.5A+ wall-wart, provides +/-12V rails and reports as 0mA USB device
Size: 5 x 3.5 x 1.25”
Weight: 1 lb