Crius H5S – It's Canor's new headfi/DAC/preamp 3-in-1 half-width component. It runs fully discrete circuitry to avoid all op amps and even shuns signal-path coupling capacitors. The gain section runs adaptive bias between class A and AB. The converter is a dual-mono ES9038Q2M. Headphone ports are on XLR4, 4.4mm, 3.5mm and 6.35mm with up to 5wpc. The display integrated into the master controller is 1.8". Digital inputs are on USB-C, coax and optical, analog i/o on RCA and XLR plus a pair of XLR bypass outputs. Finish options are black, silver and bronze. The power supply is internal. Pricing TBA.
