Balanced Music Concept (BMC) DAC Features Built-in Headphone Amp

The Colo.-based distributor Aaudio Imports and its German-based Balanced Music Concept (B.M.C.) recently added to the surging DAC category through the introduction of the PureDAC digital-to-analog converter. B.M.C. says the PureDAC is the first product in the company’s PureLine series of components that are designed to serve the requirements of lifestyle and design-conscious consumers that expect performance, modern aesthetics and value from their purchases of everything from cars and appliances, to clothing and consumer electronics.

One of the DAC’s unique features is the inclusion of a headphone amplifier and this option allows homeowners to listen to their favorite music privately at whatever volume they desire without sacrificing the ability to integrate the DAC into a loudspeaker-based system. Not only does the DAC incorporate a built-in headphone amp, it also features the company’s Digital Intelligent Gain Management (DIGM) volume and amplification control technology that calibrates gain without negatively affecting the input signal. Other design elements built into the DAC include B.M.C.‘s Load Effect Free (LEF) technology that is said to handle a speaker’s current demand separately from the voltage demand, which ultimately helps to streamline the DAC’s internal circuitry.

The DAC’s rear panel offers the choice of asynchronous USB, AES/EBU, Toslink and coax digital inputs, and balanced (XLR) and RCA outputs. B.M.C. also notes the PureDAC includes the option of the company’s direct-to-amplifier Current Injection (CI) link that allows electronics professionals to connect the DAC straight to one of its amplifiers. This option the company explains is designed to facilitate signal purity to increase a B.M.C. system’s overall sound quality.