Source: Press Release, Last Accessed: 2017/05/01

Sennheiser recently introduced their latest product in its audiophile range, the fully balanced headphone amplifier HDV 820. Building on the accomplishments of their first-ever digital headphone amplifier, the acclaimed HDVD 800, the new amp offers a whole new listening experience for the most demanding audiophiles.
The digital section of the HDV 820 is powered by a high-quality ESS SABRE32 digital-to-analog converter in a completely balanced topology. The DAC process PCM streams at a resolution of 32 bits and a sampling rate of up to 384 kHz and DSD streams at up to 12.3 MHz.
The analogue section and the power amplifier of the HDV 820 derive from the existing HDVD 800, but in a carefully improved version, the company states. Its audio outputs include an unbalanced output through an XLR3/6.3mm Neutrik combo socket, one balanced XLR4 and two balanced 4.4mm Pentaconn sockets. The HDV 820 features optical and coaxial standard digital inputs, a USB port and inputs for analogue sources via balanced (XLR) and unbalanced (RCA) connections, as well.
“The HDV 820 builds on the accomplishments of the HDVD 800 with greater resolution and enhanced connectivity, an evolution that provides a sound experience so pure and engaging that the listener could be sitting right in front of the audio source. The HDV 820 shows what is possible when you believe that sound is not something just to be listened to, but rather something to be experienced,” explains Manuel Ricke, Product Manager Audiophile at Sennheiser.
In addition to the HDV 820, Sennheiser also unveiled the new balanced headphone connection cable CH 800 P. It comes with a straight gold plated Pentaconn connector in a black housing on the amplifier side and two (L/R) medical grade ODU connectors on the headphone side. It enables the acclaimed headphone models HD 800 and HD 800 S to connect to devices with Pentaconn outputs such as the HDV 820.
Sennheiser’s HDV 820 and CH 800 P will be available from July 2017.

For more information: http://www.sennheiser.com/

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