Edinburgh-based Wolfson is claiming 123dB signal to noise ratio for its latest HiFi DAC.
"The WM8742 is targeted at professional audio applications and addresses the increasing demands of high-end home audio applications such as A/V receivers, CD, DVD, SACD and home theatre systems," said the firm.
The 24bit 192kHz device includes programmable digital filters. "This suite of filters overcomes the limitations and listening issues found in existing high-end audio systems such as pre-ringing and latency, which can distort the playback giving some systems a cold and artificial feel," claimed Wolfson.
Inside is a low-order modulator and multi-bit DAC. "It achieves low out-of-band noise and world-class linearity," claimed Wolfson.
A range of audio interface options are included as well as a dithered digital interpolation filter, fine resolution volume control and digital enabled de-emphasis.
The WM8742 is also pin-compatible with the WM8740 and WM8741, and sampling in a 28 pin SSOP package.