Metrum Acoustics
Adagio
Introduced 2016$10,995 MSRP
The Adagio is a Dutch-built non-oversampling R2R DAC/digital preamplifier from Metrum Acoustics, a small manufacturer whose products are hand-assembled in low volumes and sold through a limited dealer network rather than mass retail; it controls volume by varying the DAC modules' own reference voltage instead of conventional analog or digital attenuation.
MSRP
$10,995
Used market · Good
$3,800
-65% vs MSRP
as of Sep 1, 2026MSRP to used market
From $10,995 at launch to $3,800 today.
Specifications
- Weight
- 10 kg
- Topology
- Non-oversampling (NOS), discrete 24-bit R2R ladder DAC
- Dimensions
- 440 × 320 × 100 mm (W × D × H)
- DAC modules
- Eight "DAC TWO" modules total (four per channel), each pairing two condensed DAC ONE + Forward Correction boards
- Output level
- 2.1V RMS (RCA), 4.2V RMS (XLR); -10dB switchable to 0.7V/1.4V RMS
- Analog outputs
- Single-ended RCA and balanced XLR
- Digital inputs
- BNC, coaxial, AES/EBU, USB and Toslink
- Distortion noise
- THD 0.01%; signal-to-noise ratio -145dB at 2V RMS
- Digital processing
- FPGA running at 400MHz with 64-bit words
- Supported resolution
- 24-bit, sample rates to 384kHz (USB); optical 44–96kHz, coaxial/AES-EBU 44.1–192kHz
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