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New and improved, the ARC Audio PS8 includes a completely new feel for this true audiophile-grade signal processor. Already an existing PS8 owner? No worries! The latest software updates offer higher levels of refined operation, as well as some new and improved features, and available to everybody at no cost.
Offering the most comprehensive and highest resolution audio capabilities available on the market, ARC Audio has once again raised the bar with the creation of the most advanced audio DSP available for consumer use.
From the combined efforts of Robert Zeff, Richard Greenway, Brad Ott, Fred Lynch and contributions from the championship ARC Audio sound quality competition team, the PS8 offers the most advanced solution to putting the power of tuning and creating that personalized musical experience back into the user’s hands. No longer will users be limited to their tuning capabilities with engineer defined restrictions or a processors inability to have sufficient memory or ability to process what most audiophiles consider to be even the most basic, but detailed tuning offerings without added compression or loss of signal quality as the volume is increased.
Designed, engineered and manufactured exclusively in the USA the PS8 is built with only the highest quality handpicked electrical components from the USA, Europe, and the UK. With design features including 4-layer gold core PCB's, ARC Audios exclusive M.I.N.E.R.; ground isolation technology, audiophile designed ultra-high frequency switching power supply, Ultra high performance exclusive audio grade DSP, proprietary DSP source code exclusive to the PS8 and a first of its kind auto recovery USB DSP technology gives users the assurance that they will only experience the most transparent, most natural, and most realistic sound of any DSP on the market!
| Analog Inputs | 6 ch. Differential in (RCA or Speaker Level) |
| Digital Inputs | Coaxial and Toslink |
| Input Sensitivity (Low Level) | 28mV - 8V RMS |
| Input Sensitivity (Speaker Level) | 72mV - 20V RMS |
| Autosense Turn-On | Yes (Uses Ch 1&2 Inputs Only) |
| Aux Input | (1) 3.5mm unbalanced input (selectable) |
| Outputs (RCA) | 8 Channels |
| Outputs Voltage (RCA) | 8V |
| Input Impedance (rca) | 10k ohms |
| Input Impedance (speaker) | 200 ohms |
| Frequency Response | 2Hz - 23.5kHz |
| Gain Range | 88dB |
| S/N Ratio 1V 1:1 | 96.5dBdB |
| S/N 4V 1:1 | 108.5dBdB |
| Operating Voltage | 6V - 16.8V (Start Stop Compliance to 4.5V) |
| Interface | Windows PC Required (Windows 8 & Windows 10) |
| Equalization | 248 Bands 1/3rd Octave (linkable) and Band Specific Parametric |
| Equalization Resolution | 1/10th dB per step +15dB / -24dB |
| Signal Delay | Up to 12ms per channel in .01ms increments (Fixed Point Delay) |
| Crossovers | Phase Correct AP/HP/LP/BP all channels |
| Crossover Slopes | 6dB, 12dB, 18dB, 24dB, 30dB, 36dB, 42dB, 48dB Slopes all bands all channels |
| Crossover Types | Butterworth, Linkwitz-Riley, Bessel, Variable Q (all channels all bands) |
| Crossover selectable frequencies | 10Hz - 20kHz in .01 Hz increments) |
| Presets | Up to three presets (presets include all tuning and setup features) |
| Bluetooth (Streaming Audio) | Yes - Requires ARC BTM (Sold Separately) |
| External Remote Level Control | Yes (ARC PSC) (Sold as an accessory, not included) |
| Preset selection without controller use | Yes - Optional Hardwired 3-position switch (Not Included) |
| Remote Turn-On Output On/Off lead timing control | Remote on/off adjustable up to 40ms each |
| Windows OS Notice | Note that the PS8 software is ONLY recommended for use with authentic licensed versions of the Windows Operating system. Use of counterfeit, cracked or hacked versions are not guaranteed to work and can cause unwanted and/or undesired results while using the PS8 or ANY DSP on the market. Use of anything other than an authentic licensed version of Windows will void ALL warranty and support of the PS8 and its user interface |
| Dimensions | 9.85"(L) x 5.12"(W) x 1.2"(H) |