NuPrime IDA-16

A World-First in Digital Integrated Amplifier Design for the Ultimate in High-Resolution Sound

Following in a long tradition of world-renown audio excellence, the NuPrime IDA-16 combines leading-edge audio technology with unprecedented innovation, style, and value. As the world's first fully integrated digital amplifier offering 384K & DSD decoding (2.8MHz, 5.6MHz, 11.2MHz), from its digital or analog inputs to its 200-Watts/Channel speaker outputs it delivers the purest, most natural sound modern audio technology can provide, while also providing the widest support for the latest High-Resolution music formats.

The NuPrime amp circuit improves on the class-D amp by using a self-oscillating circuit to generate pulse width modulation. The amplifier switches on and off at a frequency of 600kHz, well beyond the 44.1kHz sampling rate of CD. Most class-D amps switch at 300kHz or lower. Completing the ensemble is NuPrime's proprietary variable frequency Switch-Mode Power Supply (SMPS) technology. For thundering, authoritative bass performance, the IDA-16's innovative supply and its Cross-Matrix Array (CMA) capacitor bank are capable upon demand of delivering extremely high current to the amplifier's output stages. The result is unprecedented transient speed and an almost shocking level of dynamic impact that renders percussive instruments as though they were suddenly attacking outward from beyond the blackest depths of a phantom stage.

Such highly responsive behavior achieves extremely low Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise (THD+N) levels of less than 0.004% while attaining a maximum system efficiency of up to 93%. Adding the IDA-16's stratospheric frequency response up to 80 kHz, and now mere vocals are transformed nigh unto emotional experiences while the upper registers of instruments become the shimmering highlights of a live performance. In all, its crystalline transparency, holographic imaging and fatigue-free sound will allow you to finally relax and experience the music as it was meant to be, while almost forgetting the IDA-16 is even there.

Full microprocessor control with memory retention
Five digital inputs & one stereo input for complete system flexibility
Supports DSD native playback by ASIO2.1 (up to 11.2MHz) and DoP (up to 5.6MHz) method
Theater-Mode pass-through (fixed volume control) function
Ultra low noise JFETs employed in input stage for the lowest possible noise performance
Volume adjustment in 99 precise, 0.5dB increments
Analog volume control design using a low noise and low distortion resistance ladder circuit similar to switch-resistor network. See DAC FAQ for more information.
Individually adjustable volume on each input for precise level matching of all sources.
High-standard parts: USB (DSD): XMOS DAC: ESS9018 and OPA2134 for high-quality sound.
Cross-Matrix Array (CMA) capacitor module
Exclusive driver software for Windows
Standard driver software for Mac
Asynchronous transfer mode
Very Low Power Consumption on Standby Mode
Included remote control for full convenience

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Inputs:
1 x USB Digital
2 x Coaxial Digital S/PDIF
2 x Optical Digital S/PDIF
1 x Analog Stereo RCA

Outputs:
1 x Optical (up to 24 bit/192 kHz)
1 x Stereo RCA (Line out)
1 x Stereo Speaker (Binding Posts) Output

USB Sampling Rates: 44.1KHz, 48KHz, 88.2KHz, 96KHz, 176.4KHz, 192KHz, 352.8KHz, 384KHz and DSD 2.8MHz, 5.6MHz, 11.2MHz

S/PDIF Sampling Rates: 44.1KHz, 48KHz, 88.2KHz, 96, 176.4KHz, 192KHz
Maximum Sampling Rate: 24-bits
Bit Resolution: 16-24-bits
Power output: 200W x 2 @ 8 Ohms; 200W x 2 @ 4 Ohms
THD+N: 0.004%
Peak Output Power: 400W
Frequency Response: 10Hz to 80kHz
RS232 extension: Smart Home Control & Firmware upgrade
Dimensions: 17 in W x 15 in D x 1.97 in H (2.56 in H include feet)
Weight: 16 lbs.