Pro-Ject Pre Box S2 Digital 2023 edition, black

The original John Westlake design reimagined!

The Pre Box S2 Digital 2023 is a major upgrade of Pro-Ject's most successful DAC model. The new version has kept everything that made the predecessor attractive, the DSD and MQA decoding, the demanding internal structure The original Pre Box S2 Digital is still available as a cheaper, but still impressive sounding and capable model, in addition to the 2023 variant, which has been improved and further polished using the new parts that have appeared over the past 1-2 years and, of course, a lot of experience. Main characteristics: Redesigned audio master clock generator New internal power line New analog output with higher class A voltage
​A new, powerful headphone amplifier Dual mono build around the ESS Saber ESS9038 dual DAC chip MQA via USB DSD512 support Organic polymer capacitors and thin film miniMELF resistors Up to 24bit/192kHz resolution on optical and coaxial inputs 7 selectable digital filters Self-designed Optimum Transient Digital Filter Headphone output (6.3mm) All internal oscillators are synchronized The jitter is all 100 Femtoseconds! Gold-plated, four-layer base plate