Australian & New Zealand Made Digital Sources, DACS and Computer Audio

[Snoopy8]

We have a number of  excellent digital sources, DACs and computer audio made in Australia and New Zealand.  Please consider them when you look for your next purchase. This list came from ANZ made Hifi gear.

 

Australian

 

Audinate  https://www.audinate.com/products  Dante adapters, software

Gieseler Audio https://www.gieseler.com.au DACs

Heschl Audio Labs  https://heschl.com.au  dac-amplifiers

SnakeOil OS  https://www.snakeoil-os.net/  music operating system

 

New Zealand

 

Antipodes Audio http://antipodes.audio music servers

 

This listing has been compiled with lots of help from forum members.  It is up to you to decide whether the products meet your requirements.  I have not been paid to promote any of these organisations.

Edited January 22 by Snoopy8
Updated

[Keith_W]

FYI, Dante is a worldwide networked pro audio standard, similar to Ravenna, AES67, and AVB. Audinate does not manufacture DAC's - they publish the standard, write the software, and make some solutions. Unlike Ravenna and AES67 which are open source, Dante is proprietary meaning that anybody who manufactures a Dante enabled product pays license fees to Dante. The industry has embraced Dante, there are dozens of products that are Dante enabled. 

 

Why choose Dante, or any other networked audio standard? One reason is because of the possibility of unlimited growth. If you need 200 DAC channels, you can buy a dozen 16 channel DAC's and hook them all up together. The network cable carries the clock data, and all devices are slaved to the network's clock. 

 

There are other good reasons. You can use your existing network infrastructure. A network cable is tiny and easy to route, compared to dozens of optical or XLR cables. The solution is robust with few points of failure. You can transmit audio hundreds of meters away. 

 

So you can see that Dante is a good choice where multiple speakers spread over a large location is required. Airports, stadiums, outdoor concerts, movie theatres ... you get the idea. 

 

It is vast overkill for a 2ch system. But it might make sense if you have a multichannel HT system. 

[Snoopy8]

59 minutes ago, Keith_W said:

Audinate does not manufacture DAC's - they publish the standard, write the software, and make some solutions. 

Audinate also sell Dante hardware adapters and software such as a virtual soundcard.  This puts them into the categories of Digital Sources and Computer Audio (which are the 2 other categories bedside DACs) in this sub forum.

[Lil Caesar]

What about DEQX ?!?

 

[Snoopy8]

10 minutes ago, Lil Caesar said:

What about DEQX ?!?

They are in the amplifiers list

 

But you can argue they belong here? 

 

Edited November 12, 2024 by Snoopy8