I now have new stock of this outstanding DAC designed by the legendary Bruno Putzeys (designer of Hypex, NCore and Purifi Class D units as well as Grimm Audio and Kii Audio).

Paul Miller in Hifi News said “this DAC has precision, outstanding depths of detail and dynamics, and a sound able to draw the listener deep into the innermost detail of any recording. Used with a computer or as a top-notch Roon endpoint, this is one DAC you must hear.”

Ken Micallef of Stereophile said “The Mola Mola Tambaqui DAC is easily the finest digital-to-analog converter I've heard in my reference system, provoking fresh epiphanies with well-known music. Its beautiful remote control and its ability to function as a preamp adds more value to this expensive machine. If you can afford it and want what is likely one of the very best DACs available—I haven't heard them all—then there's a good chance that the Tambaqui is for you.”

Technically:

OPERATING PRINCIPLE PWM DAC with 32-stage discrete analogue FIR output stage. Avoids 'sigma delta' tones and 'R2R' glitch and low-level linearity errors. Asynchronous upsampling to 3.125MHz/32 bit. 7th order noise shaper clearing 80kHz band. Each input rate has an optimized upsampling filter chain.

I/O Optical (Toslink), S/PDIF (Cinch), AES/EBU (XLR), USB type B, Ethernet (Roon Ready), Bluetooth (SBC, AAC, APTX, LDAC), I2S over HDMI, Balanced output (XLR), Headphone output (6.3mm Jack, Balanced XLR 4pin), 2 programmable trigger outputs (3.5mm Jack) Processing balance and input gain offset, Selectable output levels, Phase invert.

SUPPORTED FORMATS: PCM up to 384kHz/32 bits (>192kHz and >24 bits via USB and Roon only), DoP and Native DSD up to quad speed (USB and Roon only)

CONTROL: Front button source selection and volume setting 4 programmable presets, Mola Mola Remote app

DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT: 200mm (W) x 110mm (H) x 320mm (D)?5.2kg

Ultimate Audio is the NZ distributor for Mola Mola. Dealer inquiries welcome.