SDV 3100 HV

The Streaming DAC Preamp

In the SDV 3100 HV we have now created a digital / analogue converter which is even more complex and sophisticated than our previous converters, allowing us to double previous resolution levels: 32-bit / 768 kHz for PCM and DSD 1024 for bitstream data. This improvement required us to carry out meticulous refinement work on the previous converters, and at the same time develop a completely new USB receiver for these high frequencies.
The SDV 3100 HV and SD 3100 HV are identical in their mechanical and electronic construction except for the pre-amplifier section, which is additionally equipped with the SDV 3100 HV.
The SDV 3100 HV – and also a full HV system – can be controlled using the F 3100 remote control handset or one of the T+A apps.

Technology

There are three aspects which have a crucial influence on the sound characteristics of high-quality Hi-Fi equipment: their mechanical construction, their analogue technology and their digital signal processing. Only if the development team balances all three facets perfectly can the device as a whole satisfy the most demanding requirements.
This is why all our HV devices are built of pure aluminium, without any ferro-magnetic materials at all, and features five compartments separated and shielded by aluminium dividing walls.
The current / voltage stages – crucial to sound quality – which follow the D/A converter stages are of totally discrete, channel-separate construction, and feature our HV technology, as does the analogue output stage. This ensures that a pre-amplifier or integrated amplifier connected to it are fed the ideal input signal.
Audiophile music enthusiasts like to use high-quality headphones, that‘s why we have build in a particularly good, high-performance analogue headphone amplifier.
The SDV 3100 HV is fitted with the volume control module of the P 3000 HV and has one analogue input, enabling it to be employed as pre-amplifier in a complete HV system.

Specifications:

Preamplifier stage

• Frequency response + 0 / – 3 dB –  0,5 Hz – 300 kHz
• Signal / noise ratio –  108 / 112 dB
• THD | Intermodulation | Channel separation –  < 0,001 % | < 0,001 % | > 108 dB

Nominal input sensitivity

• High level (RCA) | Balanced (XLR) –  250 mVeff … 9 Veff / 10 kOhm | 500 mVeff …18 Veff / 20 kOhm
• Analogue output RCA | XLR –  nom 1 Veff, max 9,5 Veff / 50 Ohm | nom 1,45 Veff, max 19,6 Veff / 50 Ohm

Connections

Headphones – 

• 6,3 mm Klinke (20 Ohms) and 4,4 mm Pentaconn (8 Ohms)

Digital output – 

• 1x coax, IEC 60958 S/P-DIF (LPCM)

Digital inputs

• 1 x AES-EBU 32…192 kHz / 16-24 Bit
  6 x S/P-DIF:
  2 x Standard Coax
  2 x high quality BNC 32…192 kHz / 16-24 Bit,
  2 x optical TOS-Link 32…192 kHz / 16-24 Bit
• 2 x USB DAC:
  Device-Mode with max. 768 kSps (PCM) und DSD 1024, supports
  asynchronous data transfer. *DSD512 und DSD 1024 with Windows PC with appropriate driver installed only.
• 2 x USB Master-Mode for USB-Mass storage (Stick or HDD)
  2 x HDMI IN, 1 x HDMI OUT with ARC
  1 x IPA (LVDS)

Network connection LAN:

• Fast Ethernet –  10/100/1000 Base-T,
• WLAN: 802.11 b/g/n

D/A-Converter

• PCM Double-Differential-Quadruple-Converter with four 32-Bit Sigma-Delta D/A-Converter per channel. 705,6 / 768 kSps conversion rate
• DSD –  T+A-True-1Bit DSD D/A-Converter, up tp DSD 1024 (49,2 MHz), native bitstream
• Upsampling (PCM) –  T+A-Signalprocessor – synchronous upsampling with 4 selectable oversampling algorithms FIR short, FIR long, Bezier/IIR, Bezier
• Analogue filter –  Phase-linear Bessel filter 3rd order, switchable with 60 or 120 kHz cut off frequency
• THD –  < 0.001 %
• S/N ratio –  > 117 dB
• Channel separation –  > 110 dB

Frequency response

• PCM 44.1 kSps: 2 Hz – 20 kHz
• PCM 48 kSps: 2 Hz – 22 kHz / DSD 64: 2 Hz – 44 kHz
• PCM 96 kSps: 2 Hz – 40 kHz / DSD 128: 2 Hz – 60 kHz
• PCM 192 kSps: 2 Hz – 80 kHz / DSD 256: 2 Hz – 80 kHz
• PCM 384 kSps: 2 Hz – 100 kHz / DSD 512: 2 Hz – 100 kHz
• PCM 768 kSps: 2 Hz – 120 kHz / DSD 1024: 2 Hz – 120 kHz

Streaming Client

• Formats / Standards –  MP3, WMA, AAC, OGG Vorbis, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, ALAC / UPnP AV, T+A Control
• Data rates –  PCM 32…192 kHz,16/24 Bit; MP3 bis 320 kBit, variable and constant bit rate
• Music services –  Tidal, Deezer, qobuz (Subscription required)
• Features –  Gapless Playback for MP3 (Lame), WAV, FLAC, T+A MusicNavigator App for iOS und Android

Tuner

• Internet Radio –  Airable Internet Radio Service (> 11000 Stationen weltweit)
• FM, FM-HD –  87,5 – 108 MHz; sensitivity 1 µV; S/N > 65 dBA
• DAB, DAB+ –  168 -240 MHz (Band III); sensitivity 2,0 µV, S/N > 96 dBA
• Features –  RDS/RDBS, Stationname (PS), Programm type (PTY), Radiotext (RT)

Bluetooth

• Bluetooth Standard / Codec –  A2DP (Audio), AVRCP 1.4 (Control) / aptX®, MP3, SBC

Mains / Accessories / Dimensions

• Mains – 2 x 110-120 V or 220-240 V, 50-60 Hz
• Operation: 2 x 40 W
• Standby < 0,5 W
• Dimensions (W x H x D) –  / Weight 17 x 46 x 46 cm / 26 kg
• Accessories –  2x power cord, remote control F 3100, BNC adapter
• Optional Accessories –  Power Three HD (Carbon) | Power Bar | Audio Quad (Carbon) | Audio Triax (Carbon) | HV-Individual finish (Individual colours on request)
• Finishes –  silver laquer 47 or titanium laquer 64