Dacs HEADLITE 3 User Manual - Levels

Specifications for DACS’ Clarity HEADLITE 3

Noise floor: 

<-90dBu (110dB below peak)

Dynamic range: 

>114dB

THD+N 20Hz to 22kHz, +10dBu into 600R 

<.00045%

Frequency response: 

5Hz to 40kHz ± .5dB

Slew rate: 

Greater than required for 40kHz

Settling time to 0.1%: this will depend on the load to a great extent,but very good

Max phase rotation (inter channel phase difference): 

100Hz .01 deg, 1kHz .03 deg, 

10kHz .36 deg, 20kHz .72 deg

Crosstalk: 

<-90dB

Power output

>200mW/ch into 600R

Compliance to European Standards

This unit complies with the following standard (see Declaration of Conformity):

Radiated Emissions to Specification EN50081-1

Conducted Emissions to Specification EN50081-1

Electro Static Discharge to Specification EN50082-1

Fast Burst Transients to Specification EN50082-1

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Levels

The amplifier section can deliver up to 0.5W RMS per channel and has a fixed gain of 

20dB. The volume potentiometer varies the input level to the amplifier stage. Too 

high an input level here will reduce the useful control over the output volume, since it 

will have to be set very low to ensure that the output does not clip. To adjust this level 

see below - 2 & 8 Inputs.

Note on the problems of Loudness and Headphones

Our amplifier cannot do the impossible! We can only make headphones as loud 

as they are capable of being. Beyond that they distort and clip, which is very bad 

for your ears, short and long term. The problem usually is not so much that the 

headphones are not loud enough; it is more that the sounds outside are too loud 

and  are  breaking  through  into  your  ears.  Approached  from  this  direction  the 

problem can perhaps be solved more easily.