- Dual ESS ES9028Q2M DACs – effortlessly handles digital audio files up to 32bit/768kHz or DSD512
- MQA support – for guaranteed studio-quality sound, exactly as the artist intended
- Digital optical and coaxial inputs, USB connections – connect CD players, games consoles, laptops or other audio sources
- Integrated Bluetooth aptX – wirelessly transmit digital audio files from your smartphone or tablet
Digital audio is brilliant, but before you can enjoy it, it has to be converted to analogue audio. And how it ends up sounding depends entirely on how you convert the digital audio files stored on your computer or CD, or downloaded from your favorite streaming service. The DacMagic 200M always ensures a perfect digital-to-analog conversion and makes all audio systems sound better than ever before.
Recommended by artists.
If you want to hear music exactly as it was recorded in the studio, play it as an MQA file. MQA is an award-winning British technology that not only captures every fine detail of a recording, but also makes streaming easier. For example, TIDAL uses MQA technology to play its TIDAL Masters streams at a better quality than CDs.
The DacMagic 200M is the first Cambridge Audio product to support MQA. It can fully decode and convert these incredibly precise files, making them sound exactly as the artist intended. Look for the blue "MQA" indicator on the front - when it lights up, you know you're hearing studio-quality audio, recommended by the artist.
Powerful processing.
At the heart of the DacMagic 200M is a pair of extremely high-quality ESS Sabre digital-to-analogue converters. They process digital audio files up to 32 bit/768 kHz or DSD512, so they can handle any type of digital music stored on CDs, smartphones, computers or wherever.
As soon as the DacMagic 200M receives a digital file, its two DACs convert it into analog information, retaining all the dynamics and details. And because the analog signal it sends to your audio setup is so astonishingly distortion-free, precise and lifelike, your system will sound more convincing and complete than ever before.
Well connected.
Digital audio files can be fed into the DacMagic 200M in several ways. CD players, games consoles, laptops or other digital devices can be easily connected via the digital optical or coaxial inputs and via USB – and thanks to Bluetooth aptX reception, it is just as easy to wirelessly transfer files from your smartphone or tablet.
The DacMagic 200M features both balanced and unbalanced analog outputs, so it can be easily connected to all types of audio systems. In addition, it has switchable filters that offer you various sound options. It delivers stunning sound to your speakers and also features a high-quality headphone amplifier with a 6.3mm output. This allows you to enjoy the thrilling sound quality of the DacMagic 200M all to yourself – at any volume.
Easy integration.
Despite the incredible number of features, extensive functions and exceptional technology of the DacMagic 200M, Cambridge Audio has managed to pack all of this into a beautifully built, immaculately finished steel and aluminium housing measuring just 52 x 215 x 191 mm.
For this reason, it blends unobtrusively into any existing system without taking up much space or drawing too much attention to itself. All you need is a balanced or unbalanced connection to your system (and of course some power) for the DacMagic 200M to give you a sonic upgrade that far exceeds the size of the box it comes in.
Technical data
| Modell | Cambridge Audio DAC Magic 200M |
| DIGITAL TO ANALOGUE CONVERTERS | Dual ESS ES9028Q2M DACs |
| DIGITAL FILTER | Selectable, Fast – Slow – Short delay |
| FREQUENCY RESPONSE | 10Hz to 50kHz (±1dB) |
| THD+N @ 1KHZ 0DBFS | <0.0005% (A-Weighted) |
| SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO | >115dB (A-Weighted) |
| CROSSTALK @ 10KHZ | < -110dB |
| OUTPUT IMPEDANCE | <50 Ohms (unbal), <100 Ohm (bal) |
| MAX. OUTPUT LEVEL (UNBALANCED) | 2.1V rms (fixed or variable – user selectable) |
| MAX. OUTPUT LEVEL (BALANCED) | 4.2V rms (fixed or variable – user selectable) |
| DIGITAL INPUT WORD WIDTHS SUPPORTED | 16bit (Bluetooth), 16-24bit (Optical, Coaxial), 16-24bit (USB) |
| DIGITAL INPUT SAMPLING FREQUENCIES SUPPORTED | 44.1kHz to 96kHz PCM, DoP64 (Optical), 44.1kHz to 192kHz PCM, DoP64 (Coaxial), 44.1kHz to 768kHz PCM, Native DSD 64x to 512x, DoP 64x to 256x (USB) |
| MQA COMPATIBILITY | Full decoding (Core + Renderer) |
| BLUETOOTH | v4.2, A2DP profile, SBC and AptX codecs |
| ROON TESTED | Yes |
| HEADPHONE OUTPUT THD+N | < 0.001% at 1kHz 0dBFS @ 100mW into 32ohm |
| HEADPHONE OUTPUT S/N | > 115dB (A-Weighted) |
| MAX OUTPUT POWER | >300mW @ 32ohm, >65mW @ 150ohm |
| FREQUENCY RESPONSE | 10Hz - 50kHz (±1dB) |
| RECOMMEND HEADPHONE IMPEDANCE | 10 Ohm to 600 Ohm |
| MAX POWER CONSUMPTION | 12W |
| COLOUR | Lunar Grey |
| DIMENSIONS (HXWXD) | 52 x 215 x 191mm; (2.0 x 8.6 x 7.6”) |
| WEIGHT | 1.2kg/2.6lbs |