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Ferrum ERCO Gen 2 DAC & Headphone Amplifier

Name: Ferrum ERCO Gen 2 DAC & Headphone Amplifier
Brand: Ferrum
SKU: FERRUMERCOG2
Price: 1795 GBP
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*Not exclusive to only these product types. Product value, weight, and fragility can influence the courier service used.

	Standard Items* DPD	Medium Sized Items* FEDEX	Large or Heavy Items* BJS (2-man delivery)	Pallet Sized Items* PALLETFORE
Standard Deliveries Order by 3pm Mon-Fri	Free 2 weekday delivery	Free 2 weekday delivery	Free 3-5 weekday, 2-man delivery	2 weekday kerbside delivery - £50 per item
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*See below most common product types for each delivery service, this is not exclusive to only these product types. Product value, weight, and fragility can influence the courier service used.

DPD: Usually Bookshelf Speakers
FEDEX: Usually TVs under 60" or £1000, and most floorstanding speakers
BJS: Usually TVs over 60" or £1000, and heavy separates over 35kg
PALLETFORCE: Usually large/high-end floorstanding speakers or subs

The Ferrum ERCO Gen 2 is a compact and refined DAC and headphone amplifier designed for high quality personal audio. Updated software and internal improvements bring clearer, more natural sound with greater detail and control. It works beautifully with headphones or desktop speakers and offers flexible connections for modern systems. Easy to enjoy straight out of the box, ERCO Gen 2 also has the potential to grow with your setup for even better performance over time.

Erco (Gen 2)

With the full reprogramming of ERCO’s software in combination with crucial changes in the analog circuitry, Ferrum are introducing a newer and better ERCO. The ERCO Gen 2 will bring Ferrum's entry-level DAC one step closer to the performance levels of WANDLA, their flagship converter. Ferrum even created a program for existing ERCO owners to upgrade their units to new ERCO Gen 2 specifications.

Unique output cable design: two wires delivering the power and two wires providing the feedback to ensure flat voltage at every moment. We named this technique Ferrum Power Link (FPL) and it eliminates the harmful effects of the cable's resistance effectively improving transient response. The current delivery speed at the powered device's input is significantly improved.

ERCO Gen 2 comes with a carefully selected DC power adapter. To get the most out of ERCO Gen 2 you can connect it with HYPSOS using Ferrum's proprietary Power Link DC power cable (not included).

Improvements brought to you by ERCO Gen 2
The I/V converter stage has better overall performance and SERCE’s DSP engine provides oversampling using DDF preferred HQ Apodizing digital filter, which get the most out of the DAC chip almost emulating WANDLA performance.. Last but not least maximum resolution is now PCM 768 kHz and DSD 512.

Proprietary Technology
Industry leading technology is applied. All digital ports are optimised for audio, MQA decoding and rendering is optimised for use with internal ARM chip.

Suited for high end personal audio
Connect your favorite headphones to the balanced 4.4 mm jack or unbalanced 6.35 mm headphone jack outputs or powered loudspeakers on your desktop to the XLR or RCA outputs to perform to their max.

Clearing the path for high end audio
Perfect mix of flagship Ferrum technology combined with high grade in house developed Digital to Analog conversion. Choose from three digital and one analog input.

Discrete/IC hybrid design
Ultra-wideband ICs fine tuned for audio use to achieve the best possible analog quality.

Enhanced transparency
The whole design remains focussed on a balanced and very transparent sound signature, making listening fatigue something of the past.

Truly Balanced
The signal path is truly balanced from early D/A stage and becomes truly balanced using the RCA inputs.

Ferrum Power Link
ERCO performs very, very good right out of the box. But ERCO is made to excel above and beyond when used together with HYPSOS. Ferrum use what they dubbed their Ferrum Power Link (FPL in short) to connect the two. HYPSOS then will perform to its maximum, unleashing unheard musicality from the combination with ERCO.

Headphone Output Gain	Balanced -5.8dB, +6dB, +17.8dB Single ended -11.8dB, 0dB, +11.8dB
Operation	Fully balanced, proprietary IC power amp
Power Inputs	5.5/2.5mm DC connector center positive Proprietary FPL 4-pin DC connector (FPL)
Analog Inputs	RCA
Digital Inputs	USB-C (MQA, up to PCM 32-bit/768kHz, DSD512, DoP256) S/PDIF coaxial (MQA, up to PCM 24-bit/192 kHz, DoP64) S/PDIF optical (MQA, up to PCM 24-bit/96 kHz guaranteed, should work up to PCM 24-bit/192 kHz and DoP64 – depends of user’s optical cable and transmitter)
DAC Chip	ESS Sabre ES9028PRO
PCM Sample Rates	44.1kHz / 48kHz / 88.2kHz / 96kHz / 176.4kHz / 192kHz / 352.8kHz / 384kHz / 705.6kHz / 768kHz
DSD Sample Rates	2.8224MHz / 3.072MHz / 5.6448MHz / 6.144MHz / 11.2896MHz / 12.288MHz / 22.5792MHz / 24.576MHz
DAC Resolution	PCM up to 768k@32bit DSD up to 512 (22.6 MHz / 24.6 MHz)
MQA	Decoder and renderer (USB, OPTO and COAX inputs)
Headphone Jack Outputs	Balanced 4.4mm (TRRRS) Unbalanced 6.35mm (TRS)
Line Outputs	Balanced XLR Unbalanced RCA
Volume Control	Analogue with bypass option (bypass for line outputs only)
Frequency Response	10Hz – 30kHz (+/- 0.05dB) 10Hz – 200kHz (+/- 1dB)
Output Power Unbalanced	300mW into 300Ω 1.7W into 50Ω
Output Power Balanced	1.2W into 300Ω; 6.1W into 50Ω
THD on Balanced Output	<0.00018% / -115dB, 1mW into 16Ω <0.00018% / -115dB, 100mW into 16Ω
THD on Unbalanced Output	<0.00032% / -110dB, 1mW into 16Ω <0.00057% / -105dB, 100mW into 16Ω
Dynamic Range Analog	129dB (A-weighted)
Dynamic Range Digital	117dB (A-weighted)
Input Impedance	47kΩ
Output Impedance Unbalanced	22Ω on pre-amp
Output Impedance Balanced	44Ω on pre-amp
Output Impedance Headphones	<0.3Ω
Power Consumption when Idle	<15W
Power Adapter	100-240 VAC to 22-30 VDC
Dimensions (WxDxH)	217mm x 206mm x 50cm
Weight	1.8kg

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