Do you like Music?
Of course, you do! Guess what? You came to the right place, because you are about to hear amazing sounds you never knew existed. Get ready to be blown away!
We make it easy to listen to music in high definition. Rediscover your own music collection, or enjoy streaming from Tidal, Spotify, Slacker, Pandora, and many others. Now you can access amazing audio quality at a truly affordable price!
When you plug your headphones into your laptop’s audio jack, the music sounds muddy, buzzy and “clogged up”. That’s because laptops aren’t designed by musicians. Do your ears a favor and try gear designed by the music guys. At CEntrance, every one is a musician and our mission is to eradicate crummy audio!
Back in 2009, CEntrance invented the category of the Portable USB DAC. At that time we released DACport ™, the portable amp that turned the audiophile industry on its ear and made computer audio sound great. We brought sweet music to the ears of thousands of customers worldwide. Our little cigar-shaped DACport was featured on the cover of Stereophile and received numerous industry awards.
Since then, CEntrance released many exciting recording and playback products. Products such as MicPort Pro and AxePort Pro, endorsed by the Hollywood elite. Products such as DACmini and HiFi-M8, named best DAC ever tested by CNET.
CEntrance owes its reputation to thousands of happy customers of our products, all around the world. Starting out as designers behind today’s famous audio brands, CEntrance now has many products of its own on the market. Our products are endorsed by Hollywood’s famous producers, mastering engineers and musicians: people who demand quality— just like you do!—and whose livelihoods depend upon our products.
Our list of endorsers includes Harry Shearer from This is Spinal Tap, John Kapelos from Law and Order, David Bryson from Counting Crows, Richard Fortus, who plays with Guns and Roses, Rihanna, and Britney Spears; David Hampton, recording engineer for Prince and many others!
CEntrance makes recording and playback gear. Our recording products are used by famous broadcasters:
With CEntrance, you can rely on audio quality, build quality and value. Here is a small sampling of awards and recognition our products have received:
Technology marches on. Electronic components get cheaper, audio quality gets better. We felt it came time for the legend to be reborn! Today, the much revered DACport, the product that started the revolution, returns as DACport HD!
DACport (left) and DACport HD (right)
Overall, the product shape resembles a lighter. You hold it in one hand and where your thumb usually goes to strike the lighter, that’s where the volume control is on DACport HD. It’s a very innovative, ergonomic design.
Frequency response: 20Hz…40kHz, +0.0/-0.2dB
Harmonic distortion (THD+N): 0.0035%
Output power into a 32Ω load: over 500mW!
Sampling rates: 32, 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176,4, 192, 352.8, 384kHz + DSD!
Resolution: 16, 24 and 32 bits.
Dimensions: 76mm (L) x 29mm (W) x 11mm (H)
Case material: Aircraft aluminum, sandblasted, anodized for hardness.
USB Audio: Asynchronous, USB 2.0
Compatibility: Mac, Windows, Linux.
Power: Powered entirely from USB, runs cool to the touch, even at full power.
User adjustments: Convenient thumbwheel volume control and analog gain switch to select either IEM headphones or Over-the-head cans.
Under the hood
Upgraded Power
DACport HD takes 5V from USB and filters the living daylights out of it, to make sure all noise is kept out of your audio. Internally, in addition to multiple filter stages, DACport HD has five power supplies, creating six different voltages to power its high-end digital and analog circuitry.
Upgraded Amp
During the very successful HiFi-Skyn effort, we developed Amp Extreme, a headphone amplifier circuit that delivers high power and ultra low distortion, making any headphones sing loud and clear. DACport HD has Amp Extreme built in.
We get that question a lot. You are in luck. You can use pretty much any high-end headphones. Because DACport HD has a powerful amp, it will match up not just with the ultra-sensitive IEMs, but also with the high-end models from AKG, Audeze, Beyerdynamic, Fostex, HiFi-Man, Mr. Speakers, Sennheiser, and many others. Very few DAC/Amps can boast this kind of performance, but DACport HD can! All of these famous models are supported: