Specification
Dimensions: 252 x 188 x 67.5 mm
Weight: 3.2kg
Display: 5.8-inch 1920*1080 IPS Touch screen
System: Based on Android 10, Closed and Customized
Hi-Res Support: Up to PCM 32bit / 768 kHz & DSD512
Bluetooth: Version 5.0, serving as both Receiver and transmitter
BT codec support: Receiver LDAC & SBC // Transmitter LDAC, aptX-HD, aptX, SBC
Wi-Fi: Dual band 2.4G & 5G
DAC: ESS ES9038Pro
Analog Section: OPA1611 based I/V conversion, OPA2211 based LPF, OPA2211+BD139+BD140 based Amplifier
Analog outputs: 4.4mm & XLR balanced, 3.5mm & 6.35mm Single-ended, with pair of RCA and XLR
Digital outputs: SPDIF Coaxial & Optical, USB Audio Output
Digital inputs: USB-B, Coaxial SPDIF & Optical, 2x USB port for USB drives, MicroSD card slot
Output power Single Ended: Up to 8.5V / 2.3W @ 32 Ohm // 9V / 270mW @ 300 Ohm
Output power Balanced: Up to 15V / 7W @ 32 Ohm // 18V / 1W @ 300 Ohm
Output Impedance: 1.2 Ohm SE // 2.4 Ohm BAL
Balanced THD+N: 0.0003%
Balanced Dynamic Range: 125 dB
Balanced SNR: 125 dB
Balanced Channel separation: 104dB
Tap-length filter: 1,015,808 (16FS filter)
Connectivity (input): 1x Galvanically isolated Type-B USB, 2x Coax BNC and 2x Optical
Connectivity (output): 1x Galvanically isolated dual BNC (enables upscaling to the maximum 768kHz), 1x BNC S/PDIF and 1x Optical
PCM support: 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz, 352.8kHz, 384kHz, 717.6kHz, and 768kHz. 16 – 32bit
Driver support: Driverless with Mac OS X and Linux, driver required for Windows OS
Additional features:
The most advanced digital filter in the world
Adjustable sample rate output (with pass-thru mode)
Video mode (for lower latency)
Auto video and source selection
‘DX’ controls for a future product design
The Musical Fidelity V-Link is a simple device that does one thing, but does it unerringly well. It connects to your PC or Mac by USB 2.0 on one end, and offers up two digital audio interfaces on the other: RCA coaxial and Toslink optical. To overcome PC jitter issues, it uses asynchronous-mode USB transfer.
In short, it’s the missing link between any computer that can host and play digital music files; and any hi-fi system with a digital audio input.
The Musical Fidelity V-Link is a simple black-painted aluminium box, with no on/off switch nor other buttonry. Its energy draw for the few chips inside is minimal, and so takes its power from the 5V USB bus.
Once connected to a PC, it automatically appears as a sound device, requiring no proprietary drivers that can potentially destabilise your system. And in another blow to the similarly specified and priced M2Tech HiFace, it introduces no latency in its decode chain, so is happy to work in perfect synchronisation with film and video material too.
Musical Fidelity cites lab measurements that suggest the unit introduces no jitter of its own whatsoever, the only new traces on the graph plots being those inherent to the measurement equipment itself. And listening to music through the V-Link, we heard what may be the closest approach to the original (PC) sound.