January 4, 2010
Furutech 24/96 60w Pure Digital Amplifier––The Perfect Companion To The GT40 USB DAC/Phono Stage



By Gary Reber


Furutech Co., Ltd., manufacturer of ultra refined analog, digital, video cable and accessories debuts the amazing 24-bit/96kHz 60 watt Le Mans class-D amplifier, the companion piece for the GT40 USB DAC and GT2 USB cables.

Pure Digital Class-D
Today’s music lovers amass large collections of recordings on their computer hard drives. The Le Mans digital amplifier (wired to a Furutech GT40 USB DAC with GT2 USB cables of course!) brings Furutech’s famous low-noise, smooth, detailed sound to desktop systems, especially when playing high resolution 24-bits/96kHz files.

The exciting Furutech Le Mans digital power amplifier features a low-latency USB 2.0 audio driver that plays and records at 24-bits and 96kHz. Switchable inputs include USB, optical, coaxial and line-level, with high quality output binding posts. There’s also a 3.5mm headphone output for more intimate listening.

This amazingly capable piece of technology, decked out in legendary Furutech build quality, features WIMA capacitors and inductors, a soft-start circuit, jiter-reducing Fi-Reclock® technology, and a host of other new implementations. The vivid, captivating sound is simply unheard of in
this category!

Small, easy to place, extremely capable with a full measure of user-friendly features, and wonderful sound... Make a More Powerful Connection (To the Music!) with Furutech

Technical Specifications
* Amplifier: All-digital Class-D
* Power: Soft-start circuit, single-supply
* Power Mode: Standby and Power On, main power switch for shut down
* Input Select: USB / Coaxial / Optical / AES-EBU / Line in
* Power Output: 44W (0.3%THD) at 8ohms, 60W (0.3%THD) at 4ohms
* Circuit Protection: Output short / over current / over and under voltage / temperature
* Parts: High-quality WIMA capacitors and inductors
* Anti-Jitter: Fi-Reclock® technology
* Frequency Control: Adjustable from 44.1kHz to 192kHz
* Bit Length Control: Adjustable 16-bit or 24-bit data length
* Loudness Control: Provides powerful sound when listening at low levels
* USB Support Formats: 16-bit, 32 / 44.1kHz / 48kHz / 96kHz 24-bit, 44.1kHz / 48kHz / 96kHz
* SPDIF / AES-EBU Support Format: 24-bit, 96kHz (MAX)
* Power Amp: TI - TAS5706
* Processing Chip: TI – TAS5504A
* ADC Chip: TI – PCM1803A
*
USB Chip: Tenor – TE7022
* SRC Chip: TI – SRC4193
* Receiver: TI - DIR9001

Connectivity
* USB interface (USB 1.1)
* Digital Input: 1 coaxial jack / 1 optical jack / 1 XLR jack
* Line Input: 1 pair RCAs
* Speaker Output: 2 pairs of binding posts

System Requirements
Can be used with any component with line-out or pre-out
* Intel® Pentium® 2, Celeron® 800MHz or higher computer system
* Microsoft® Windows 2000® (Service Pack 4) or Windows® XP (Service Pack 1)
* 128MB RAM
* Available USB port

Garlands
DeMag Wins CES Best of Innovations ‘07
e-TP609 Wins Absolute Sound Product of the Year Awards ‘07
G-302A-18 Power Cord Wins 6moons Blue Moon Award ‘07
Evolution Cables Wins Best of 2007 Awards Enjoy the Music
Reference III Cables Win Absolute Sound Editors’ Choice ‘07/’08
AG-12 Phono Cable Wins the SoundStage Network’s Reviewers’ Choice Award ‘08
Ag-12 Phono Cable is Tone Audio’s Exceptional Value Award ‘08
Monza LP Stabilizer, Silver Arrows Phono Cable, La
Source Headshell Extensions
All Win Tone Audio’s Accessory Products of the Year
xv1.3 HDMI Cable Wins Positive Feedback’s Brutus Award ‘08
FI-50 Piezo Ceramic Series Connectors Win CES Best of Innovations ‘09
Monza LP Stabilizer Wins Positive Feedback’s Brutus Award ‘09
Select Series Fuses Win Positive Feedback’s Brutus Award ‘09
GT2 USB Cable is Playback Recommended ’09

About Furutech
Furutech makes a wide variety of high performance 15A and 20A A/V cable and power connectors and parts, as well as distribution/filtering products including the 120Hz standard xv1.3 HDMI cable, GT2 USB 2.0 and GT3 USB 3.0 cables, Ag-12 Silver Tonearm Cable, The Silver Arrows Tonearm Cable, La Source Headshell Wires, Monza LP Stabilizer Weight, the new Lineflux cables and filter plus Evolution II series cables, Pure Power 6, e-TP4+4, e-TP609, e-TP619 and e-TP60 Power Distributors, and e-TP80 Power Filters, deMag Disc and Cable Demagnetizer, PC-2 Disc Pure Cleaner, and their own very special NANO Liquid Contact Enhancer, plus even more fine cable and OEM products.




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