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TOTALDAC
Website:https://www.totaldac.com/
Est. year: 2010
Totaldac is a French high-end audio company founded and run by Vincent Brient, based near Rennes in Brittany, not far from Mont Saint-Michel. It is known above all for R2R digital-to-analogue converters built with discrete resistor ladders, and over time it has grown into a full system maker offering streamers, reclockers, a CD transport, amplifiers, active crossovers and loudspeakers alongside its DACs.
Range & what it's known for
The d1 DAC line climbs from the d1-core through the d1-unity, d1-biunity and d1-triunity to the four-box d1-sublime, with the d1-total combining a streamer and DAC in one unit. The higher models add more R2R ladders, built from naked Vishay foil resistors, while digital filtering is handled in an FPGA. The current unity architecture brought a fully discrete output stage delivering 3.5 V unbalanced and 7 V balanced, strong enough to drive a power amplifier directly. Around the DACs sit the d1-switch network device, the d1-digital-live and d1-AES-live reclockers, the d1-streamer-live, the d1-CD transport, the d1-driver-sublime preamplifier, the AMP-1-sublime amplifier, the AMP-1-generator power regenerator and the Balloon and column loudspeakers.
Who owns it and where it's made
Totaldac is an independent, founder-led French company, with Vincent Brient responsible for its designs. Every Totaldac product is engineered and built in France, and the headquarters includes an auditorium where customers can listen by appointment. Earlier d1 DACs can be upgraded to the unity architecture.
The lineup in this catalog
DACs. Prices start at EUR 5,600 for the d1-core and reach EUR 50,000 for the d1-sublime, including European VAT.
Who it's for
Totaldac suits listeners committed to R2R conversion who want a converter that can grow with them. The d1-core opens the d1 family, and any d1 DAC, reclocker, streamer or driver can be upgraded to a higher model for the list price difference plus EUR 350 per box, though the number of R2R ladders cannot be reduced. Owners can later extend the system with a Totaldac streamer, amplifier or speakers.
Range & what it's known for
The d1 DAC line climbs from the d1-core through the d1-unity, d1-biunity and d1-triunity to the four-box d1-sublime, with the d1-total combining a streamer and DAC in one unit. The higher models add more R2R ladders, built from naked Vishay foil resistors, while digital filtering is handled in an FPGA. The current unity architecture brought a fully discrete output stage delivering 3.5 V unbalanced and 7 V balanced, strong enough to drive a power amplifier directly. Around the DACs sit the d1-switch network device, the d1-digital-live and d1-AES-live reclockers, the d1-streamer-live, the d1-CD transport, the d1-driver-sublime preamplifier, the AMP-1-sublime amplifier, the AMP-1-generator power regenerator and the Balloon and column loudspeakers.
Who owns it and where it's made
Totaldac is an independent, founder-led French company, with Vincent Brient responsible for its designs. Every Totaldac product is engineered and built in France, and the headquarters includes an auditorium where customers can listen by appointment. Earlier d1 DACs can be upgraded to the unity architecture.
The lineup in this catalog
DACs. Prices start at EUR 5,600 for the d1-core and reach EUR 50,000 for the d1-sublime, including European VAT.
Who it's for
Totaldac suits listeners committed to R2R conversion who want a converter that can grow with them. The d1-core opens the d1 family, and any d1 DAC, reclocker, streamer or driver can be upgraded to a higher model for the list price difference plus EUR 350 per box, though the number of R2R ladders cannot be reduced. Owners can later extend the system with a Totaldac streamer, amplifier or speakers.
