Parasound P 6 Silver 2.1 Channel Preamplifier & DAC

Product Overview

ESS Sabre32 Reference DAC replaces the original Burr-Brown DAC

USB input is now capable of DSD & 384kHz/32-bit PCM (up from 96Khz/24-bit)

Dimmable front panel volume display

An additional optical input (2 total)

Ball bearing supported solid aluminum volume knob

Programable default turn on volume setting

Increased phono stage gain for lower output cartridges

Improved Left/Right channel separation and balance tracking

Sand blasted metal end caps replace plastic end caps on the P 5

Updated cosmetics with subtle gold highlights

Preamp and DAC Features

ESS Sabre32 Reference DAC (ES9018K2M)

Asynchronous USB 2.0 supports PCM up to 384kHz/32-bit

USB input decodes Native DSD64, DSD128, DSD256 and DoP DSD

Coax and optical inputs accept PCM up to 192kHz/24-bit

Analog bass management with high & low pass crossovers

Home theater bypass input for surround sound integration

Front panel subwoofer level control

Dedicated high current headphone amplifier (TI TPA6120)

Phono input for MM, MC and MI with 100 Ω or 47k Ω load

Front panel Aux input with automatic +12 dB gain stage

5 pairs RCA line level Analog inputs

1 pair XLR balanced Analog input

Balanced XLR and RCA left and right preamp outputs

1 balanced XLR and 2 RCA subwoofer outputs

Bass & treble controls with relay bypass from remote or front panel

Rear panel IR input and IR loop output jacks

12 Volt trigger output

Back-lit remote control with discrete buttons

0.5w standby power consumption meets Energy Star & EU specs

Frequency Response

10 Hz - 100 kHz, +0/-3 dB

20 Hz - 20 kHz, +0/-0.5 dB

Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)

< 0.01 %

Interchannel Crosstalk

> 70 dB at 20 kHz

> 78 dB at 1 kHz

Preamplifier Stage Input Sensitivity

300 mV in for 1 V

Total Gain: 10 dB

Max Output: 7.5V

S/N Ratio - Line Inputs 1- 5

> 108 dB (shorted, IHF A-weighted)

> 88 dB (shorted, unweighted)

S/N Ratio - DAC Inputs

> 108 dB (IHF A-weighted)

> 88 dB (unweighted)

S/N Ratio - Phono Input

MM > 80 dB (shorted, IHF A-weighted)

MM > 70 dB (shorted, unweighted)

MC > 67 dB (shorted, IHF A-weighted)

MC > 55 dB (shorted, unweighted)

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