The DCC2 SE is admired as much for what it does away with as what it does. Its in-built flexibility gives you the option to use it as a standalone converter or as a converter/preamplifier—eliminating the need for a separate preamp, attendant buffer stages and additional set of cables. The result is a more direct signal path. Not to mention a more direct connection with the music itself.

The converter is a direct descendant of the state-of-the-art DAC6e. Which means it takes CD and SACD reproduction to an entirely higher level. Hook it to a transport, any transport, and immediately the PCM input is upconverted to 5.6448MHz DSD. The sonic benefit of which has garnered equally high praise from both the professional and audiophile communities.

To use the DCC2 SE as a DSD converter, simply hook it to our CDSD SE transport via the proprietary OptiLink connection. OptiLink also gives you the ability to use the DCC2 SE in master clock mode—eliminating jitter completely and resulting in the finest possible CD and SACD reproduction.

On the analogue side, the DCC2 SE is derived from the highly acclaimed Switchman—a preamplifier of incredible flexibility. It features two analog and six digital inputs, infrared remote control and, most importantly, stunning transparency. Due, in no small part, to the extraordinarily sophisticated (and completely proprietary) volume control. Software based and controlled, it operates in the analogue domain. Thereby preserving the resolution, purity and integrity of the original signal.

The SE Advantage

Several important developments distinguish the new Signature Edition components from their much heralded and award-winning predecessors. The most revolutionary of which is the world’s first and only discrete dual differential D-to-A conversion circuit.

Rather than depend on mass-market, off-the-shelf converter chips—with all their inherent compromises and limitations—EMM Labs decided to take a different approach. We developed our own proprietary conversion circuitry for the Signature Edition products.

This is a monumental technical achievement. The sonic results are no less impressive. Our new conversion circuitry is utterly free from the differential non-linearities present in every multibit D/A chip created to date.

The DCC2 SE also features our new composite laminate circuit boards. These provide several performance advantages over conventional boards:

Positive Feedback's David Robinson sums it all up this way, “The EMM Labs Signature Series is an unparalleled design accomplishment, and sets a new global benchmark for SACD and CD reproduction. Ed Meitner, Andreas Koch and company have exceeded their own previous work by a considerable margin.”