
Rockna Audio
Wavedream DAC
Introduced 2017$6,600 MSRP
Rockna Audio is a small Romanian manufacturer founded by engineer Nicolae Jitariu, who previously did OEM/ODM design work for larger names like Goldmund, Wadia, PS Audio, and MSB before building his own two-product line — the Wavedream DAC and Wavedream Net transport/streamer — around proprietary discrete R2R ladder modules.
MSRP
$6,600
Used market · Good
$5,700
-14% vs MSRP
as of Sep 1, 2026MSRP to used market
From $6,600 at launch to $5,700 today.
Specifications
- USB
- 32bit 44.1-384k PCM, DSD64-512
- Dither
- Triangular shaped distribution
- S pdif
- 24bit 44.1-192k PCM , DoP DSD64
- Weight
- 7.8 kg
- AES ebu
- 24bit 44.1-192k PCM, DoP DSD64
- Topology
- Discrete resistor-array R2R ladder DAC (proprietary Rockna RD-0 modules), fully balanced
- Dimensions
- 90 × 440 × 360 mm (H × W × D)
- Distortion
- THD+N < 0.003% (-90dB) at -6dB
- Upsampling
- All inputs upsampled 16x; operates internally at 705.6kHz or 768kHz depending on source rate; selectable linear/minimum/hybrid/no filters
- Max voltage
- 6.6Vpp(SE); 13.2Vpp(XLR)
- THDN at 6db
- 0.003% or -90 dB
- Output level
- 6.6Vpp single-ended, 13.2Vpp balanced
- Dynamic range
- 122 dB
- Hd link1 lvds
- 32bit 44.1-384k PCM, DSD64-512
- Hd link2 lvds
- 32bit 44.1-384k PCM, DSD64-512
- Supported DSD
- DSD64/128/256/512 (higher rates via USB and HDMI only)
- Supported PCM
- 44.1kHz–384kHz, up to 24-bit word length
- Analog outputs
- Single-ended stereo RCA and balanced XLR
- Digital inputs
- 1× AES/EBU (XLR), 1× coaxial S/PDIF, 2× I²S/HD-link over HDMI, 1× USB 2.0
- S n ratio 0
- 122 dB
- Volume control
- custom multiplier array, 256 steps, 0.5 dB step
- Passband ripple
- 0,0001 dB
- Output impedance
- 0.5 ohms
- Stopband attenuation
- - 145 dB
- Custom digital filters
- linear, minimum and hybrid phase, 16x
- Mathematical precision
- 68 bit INTEGER
- Manufacturer background
- Founded by Nicolae Jitariu; Rockna has provided prior OEM/ODM engineering to Audio Mirror, Acoustic Precision, Fase, Jadis, Nonsolomusica, PS Audio, Wadia, Goldmund and MSB
- Filter type advanced convolution
- Parks-McClellan, 4820 taps
- Memory based pll digital domain only
- 300 fS jitter
- High frequency asynchronous capture digital inputs
- 560MHz sampling
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